Hi Folks,
A new version of "Privacy Extensions to Address Autoconf"(rfc3041bis) is
out. I would really appreciate any comments on this draft. I would like
to change the hash algorithm for generating these addresses from MD5 to
SHA-1 since MD5 support is no longer a MUST for IPv6 nodes. If anyone has
strong opinions either for or against this change please voice them as
well.
Thanks
Suresh
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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 15:33:52 -0400
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Subject: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-ipv6-privacy-addrs-v2-00.txt
A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
This draft is a work item of the IP Version 6 Working Group Working Group of the IETF.
Title : Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address
Autoconfiguration in IPv6
Author(s) : T. Narten, et al.
Filename : draft-ietf-ipv6-privacy-addrs-v2-00.txt
Pages : 26
Date : 2004-9-23
Nodes use IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration to generate
addresses without the necessity of a Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCP) server. Addresses are formed by combining network
prefixes with an interface identifier. On interfaces that contain
embedded IEEE Identifiers, the interface identifier is typically
derived from it. On other interface types, the interface identifier
is generated through other means, for example, via random number
generation. This document describes an extension to IPv6 stateless
address autoconfiguration for interfaces whose interface identifier
is derived from an IEEE identifier. Use of the extension causes
nodes to generate global scope addresses from interface identifiers
that change over time, even in cases where the interface contains an
embedded IEEE identifier. Changing the interface identifier (and the
global scope addresses generated from it) over time makes it more
difficult for eavesdroppers and other information collectors to
identify when different addresses used in different transactions
actually correspond to the same node.
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