Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:00:45 +0900 (JST) From: Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> To: Hartmut.Brandt@dlr.de Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Need help on IPv6 prefixes and interface addresses Message-ID: <20091126.010045.102373628.hrs@allbsd.org> In-Reply-To: <E086A96846579E4F932C168218DB1E55024129@exbe5.intra.dlr.de> References: <E086A96846579E4F932C168218DB1E55024128@exbe5.intra.dlr.de> <E086A96846579E4F932C168218DB1E55024129@exbe5.intra.dlr.de>
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----Security_Multipart(Thu_Nov_26_01_00_45_2009_509)-- Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <Hartmut.Brandt@dlr.de> wrote in <E086A96846579E4F932C168218DB1E55024129@exbe5.intra.dlr.de>: Ha> To answer my own question :-) These strange link local addresses are Ha> explained in the developers handbook section 8.1.1.3 and are called Ha> embedded Ha> link local addresses. These are not standard IPv6 addresses, but a way Ha> to encode the interface index (aka zone index) into the IPv6 Ha> address. This must be undone by the user program before using these Ha> addresses. I think "1.3.1 Kernel internal" in /usr/share/doc/IPv6/IMPLEMENTATION would also help. -- Hiroki ----Security_Multipart(Thu_Nov_26_01_00_45_2009_509)-- Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAksNVK0ACgkQTyzT2CeTzy1XgQCfbaFHotSVr46fY9rGqjlvWUAk i8MAniCSlAhnrHHmEXk/BkiPlc9OsobE =1tzD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ----Security_Multipart(Thu_Nov_26_01_00_45_2009_509)----
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