> > Addresses are owned by the "host" not a particular device, even
> > though they are assosciated with a particular interface.
> >
> > Linux defaults to using the host based addressing model instead of the
> > interface based addressing model.
> It is true for IPv4, but IPv6 addresses are removed when interface goes
> down, right ?
That is true, but it is not a requirement of IPv6. It is a
(I'd say "unfortunate") property of the Linux IPv6 implementation.
I think link state and address assignment are independent operations,
and it'd be better if the code reflected that, as it does in IPv4.
my 2 cents...
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