On Wed, 2 May 2001, Pekka Savola wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Matti Aarnio wrote:
> > This issue seems to pop up every now and then.
> > Would it not be usefull to switch from "explitely enable this" to
> > "disable this, unless you want to use this obsolete form"
> >
> > Or for that matter, to have e.g. interface specific sysctl or
> > some such to control the behaviour -- if the old form is desirable
> > at all..
> >
> > USAGI might have done something along these lines as well.
>
> I wholeheartedly agree.
>
> IPv6 is only used by the developers, hackers or early implementors at this
> point. All of them have moved away from the obsolete addressing long time
> ago. There is no reason to drag along old cruft much longer.
I also agree. Not only are provider-based addresses obsolete and not used
by anybody any longer, they are also a source of confusion to some users
who either mistakenly don't enable EUI-64, or who enable both formats and
are confused by the "double addresses" their interfaces receive. There is
virtually no reason not to enable EUI-64 as the default and remove
provider-based addresses entirely. -Nathan
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