On 14/08/2012 18:16, Simon Perreault wrote: > Le 2012-08-14 12:28, Fred Baker (fred) a écrit : >> Where I'm coming from in this is an expectation on my part that >> appears to not be shared. If duplicate MAC addresses are unusual but >> reasonably common (happen with some probability like .01% or >> whatever), there's a reasonable expectation that there would be a >> work-around for the issue. The work-around, I suggest, would be to >> have the station use a privacy address instead of a MAC-based address >> when a duplicate MAC address is detected. > > Since privacy addresses are supposed to be configured alongside regular > SLAAC addresses, there should be no need for an explicit fallback. Just > enable both SLAAC and privacy simultaneously. If SLAAC fails, you still > have privacy.
True, but you won't have connectivity on any network that uses MAC address registration as a form of weak access control. Not that IPv6 can solve that problem, but it should be noted. Brian -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------