From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 13 02:13:06 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 06E27B54; Sun, 13 Jul 2014 02:13:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.mahoroba.org (ent.mahoroba.org [IPv6:2001:2f0:104:8010::1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "asuka.mahoroba.org", Issuer "ca.mahoroba.org" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 802F6286A; Sun, 13 Jul 2014 02:13:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from yuga.mahoroba.org (ume@yuga.mahoroba.org [IPv6:2001:2f0:104:8010:7258:12ff:fe22:d94b]) (user=ume mech=DIGEST-MD5 bits=0) by mail.mahoroba.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP/inet6 id s6D2Cnt6092111 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Sun, 13 Jul 2014 11:12:55 +0900 (JST) (envelope-from ume@mahoroba.org) Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 11:15:53 +0900 Message-ID: From: Hajimu UMEMOTO To: Jeremie Le Hen Subject: Re: Description change proposal for the no_prefer_iface flag In-Reply-To: <20140710220115.GA91832@caravan.chchile.org> References: <20140710220115.GA91832@caravan.chchile.org> User-Agent: xcite1.60> Wanderlust/2.15.9 (Almost Unreal) Emacs/24.3 Mule/6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 9.3-PRERELEASE X-PGP-Key: http://www.mahoroba.org/~ume/publickey.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 1F00 0B9E 2164 70FC 6DC5 BF5F 04E9 F086 BF90 71FE MIME-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (mail.mahoroba.org [IPv6:2001:2f0:104:8010::1]); Sun, 13 Jul 2014 11:12:55 +0900 (JST) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.98.4 at asuka.mahoroba.org X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on asuka.mahoroba.org Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 02:13:06 -0000 Hi, >>>>> On Fri, 11 Jul 2014 00:01:16 +0200 >>>>> Jeremie Le Hen said: jlh> Hi Hajimu-san, net@, jlh> I plan to commit the following change to the no_prefer_iface flag jlh> description in the ifconfig(8) manpage. I find it easier to understand jlh> and more explicit than the current one. jlh> Comments? It seems good to me. Sincerely, jlh> Index: sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 jlh> =================================================================== jlh> --- sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 (revision 268508) jlh> +++ sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 (working copy) jlh> @@ -679,9 +679,11 @@ jlh> Clear a flag jlh> .Cm nud . jlh> .It Cm no_prefer_iface jlh> -Set a flag to not prefer address on the interface as candidates of the jlh> -source address for outgoing packets, even when the interface is jlh> -outgoing interface. jlh> +Set a flag to not honor rule 5 of source address selection in RFC 3484. jlh> +In practice this means the address on the outgoing interface which will jlh> +be used will not be preferred, effectively yielding the decision to the jlh> +address selection policy table, configurable with jlh> +.Xr ip6addrctl 8 . jlh> .It Cm -no_prefer_iface jlh> Clear a flag jlh> .Cm no_prefer_iface . jlh> -- jlh> Jeremie Le Hen jlh> Scientists say the world is made up of Protons, Neutrons and Electrons. jlh> They forgot to mention Morons. jlh> _______________________________________________ jlh> freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list jlh> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net jlh> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Hajimu UMEMOTO ume@mahoroba.org ume@{,jp.}FreeBSD.org http://www.mahoroba.org/~ume/