Re: [voidlinux/void-packages] base-files: Use IPv6 privacy extensions by default (#7170)

Michael Gehring at Fri, 28 Jul 2017 14:44:27 +0000 (UTC)

Can we put these things in a `conf_file`? #6840 etc.

Michael Aldridge at Fri, 28 Jul 2017 15:54:41 +0000 (UTC)

This will break my network. I would like to see the sysctl loading issue fixed before this is merged so it is possible to override back to what I had before.

cr6git at Sat, 29 Jul 2017 18:51:08 +0000 (UTC)

This is not already set by dhcpcd ? ``` # /etc/dhcpcd.conf # Generate Stable Private IPv6 Addresses instead of hardware based ones slaac private ```

cr6git at Mon, 31 Jul 2017 06:32:56 +0000 (UTC)

In fact [RFC4941](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4941) and [RFC7217](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7217) are directly related.

lemmi at Wed, 30 Aug 2017 20:14:33 -0700

I'm just going to mention that I had a lot of trouble using privacy extensions on networks with changing prefixes (as it is common for Germany). Essentially what happens: - On a prefix change, new temporary addresses will be generated for an interface. These are the newest addresses, so they will be used. - Old addresses are kept for a while for open connections. - After an address runs out of its lifetime, a new address is generated. - If that happens to be an address of the old prefix, this one will be the default address and now. - bam

lemmi at Sun, 10 Sep 2017 22:39:37 +0000 (UTC)

@voidlinux/pkg-committers can we close this?

Michael Aldridge at Sun, 10 Sep 2017 23:27:58 +0000 (UTC)

Closed #7170.

Michael Aldridge at Sun, 10 Sep 2017 23:28:10 +0000 (UTC)

Working as intended.