Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 06:37:20 +0900 From: itojun@iijlab.net To: Aaron Angel <aja@phyco.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gif devices in -current Message-ID: <12098.996183440@itojun.org> In-Reply-To: aja's message of Thu, 26 Jul 2001 17:33:49 -0400. <20010726173141.V37015-100000@solar.phyco.net>
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>When I compiled/installed -current, and started setting things up again, I >noticed that gif devices now expect IPv6 prefix lengths of 128. Most >providers use 127, and some even use 64 as prefix lengths for tunnels. I >was just curious why the change was made to only support prefix lengths of >128. Is there an RFC that covers this perhaps? either of the following works. the other configurations are now considered ambiguous. (the point is, if you specify prefixlen < 128 you don't need to say the peer's address) # ifconfig inet6 A prefixlen X (X can be < 128) # ifconfig inet6 A B prefixlen 128 itojun To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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