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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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<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

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