Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:26:34 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Olivier_Cochard=2DLabb=C3=A9?= <olivier@freebsd.org> To: Pouria Mousavizadeh Tehrani <pouria@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, madpilot@freebsd.org Subject: Re: we should enable RFC7217 by default Message-ID: <CA%2Bq%2BTcp0E4-OL%2BTzCwaqaKDqPMG85PpG5m=rkpN7O6pWhroAxA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9cda2fbc-b8fb-44d1-8c1f-88395d741af7@FreeBSD.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 1:05 AM Pouria Mousavizadeh Tehrani < pouria@freebsd.org> wrote: > > What do you think? > > In a server environment, administrators typically assign static IPv6 addresses manually and do not use the EUI-64 method. Switching to RFC 7217 should impact mainly desktops and laptops (the main beneficiaries of this privacy feature). While some cloud setups use SLAAC, a major release (16.0) is the appropriate time for such a change to ensure we follow modern security standards by default. I support this change. Olivier [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 1:05 AM Pouria Mousavizadeh Tehrani <<a href="mailto:pouria@freebsd.org">pouria@freebsd.org</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> <br> What do you think?<br><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace">In a server environment, administrators typically assign static IPv6 addresses manually and do not use the EUI-64 method.<br>Switching to RFC 7217 should impact mainly desktops and laptops (the main beneficiaries of this privacy feature).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace">While some cloud setups use SLAAC, a major release (16.0) is the appropriate time for such a change to ensure we follow modern security standards by default.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace">I support this change.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace">Olivier</div></div></div>home | help
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