Thread (2 messages) 2 messages, 2 authors, 2016-09-12

enable/disable temporary IPv6 per prefix

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From: Oliver Mangold <hidden>
Date: 2016-09-11 07:29:18

Hi,

I have a question as a relatively new user to IPv6. I am wondering if it is currently possible to enable/disable the usage of temporary addresses on a per-prefix basis. My current understanding is that the feature is enabled by the the 'use_tempaddr' sysctl attribute, which is per-interface. What I would like to do is disable temp addresses for ULA prefixes. Did I miss something and this can already be done, or is it a feature planned for the future, maybe? RFC4941 seems to agree that this is a valid use case:


Additionally, sites might wish to selectively enable or disable the use of temporary addresses for some prefixes.  For example, a site might wish to disable temporary address generation for "Unique local" [ULA] prefixes while still generating temporary addresses for all other global prefixes.  Another site might wish to enable temporary address generation only for the prefixes 2001::/16 and 2002::/16, while disabling it for all other prefixes. To support this behavior, implementations SHOULD provide a way to enable and disable generation of temporary addresses for specific prefix subranges.  This per-prefix setting SHOULD override the global settings on the node with respect to the specified prefix subranges.  Note that the pre-prefix setting can be applied at any granularity, and not necessarily on a per-subnet basis.


Best regards,

Oliver
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