| To: | Pekka Savola <pekkas@xxxxxxxxxx> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: [PATCH] IPv6: (5/5) Allow IPv6 tunnels without own IPv6 address |
| From: | "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Mon, 1 Sep 2003 03:51:34 -0700 |
| Cc: | vnuorval@xxxxxxxxxx, yoshfuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, usagi-core@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx |
| In-reply-to: | <Pine.LNX.4.44.0309011345141.17318-100000@xxxxxxxxxx> |
| References: | <20030901020340.5a128836.davem@xxxxxxxxxx> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0309011345141.17318-100000@xxxxxxxxxx> |
| Sender: | netdev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx |
On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 13:48:44 +0300 (EEST) Pekka Savola <pekkas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Well, link-local addresses are used e.g. by routing protocols and such, so > having one is probably rather important.. Ok. > FWIW, on FreeBSD platform they take the link-local address of the first > physical interface, and give the exact same link-local address on all of > the tunnels, disambiuating them with the scope identifier. Seems like an > OK appaorach too, and guarantees (to the degree of unique MAC addresses) > that the addresses of the endpoints do not clash. Interesting approach... I'm not particularly picky about how this uniqueness issue is solved. |
| Previous by Date: | Re: [PATCH] IPv6: (5/5) Allow IPv6 tunnels without own IPv6 address, Pekka Savola |
|---|---|
| Next by Date: | Re: [PATCH] fix skb binding time in some network drivers due to skb_padto conversion, Jeff Garzik |
| Previous by Thread: | Re: [PATCH] IPv6: (5/5) Allow IPv6 tunnels without own IPv6 address, Pekka Savola |
| Next by Thread: | [PATCH] IPv6: (5/5+1) Autoconfig link-local addr to IPv6 tunnels, Ville Nuorvala |
| Indexes: | [Date] [Thread] [Top] [All Lists] |