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Subject: Re: Unspecified IPv6 Address
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>
> Why certain hosts of freebsd can be configurable with unspecified (::)
> (all-zero) IPv6 addresses in its interfaces?  RFC 4291 clearly mentions
> "this address must never be assigned to any node".  Is there is any use-case
> or motivation behind accepting this address in an interface?

simply don't assign it. what a problem?