Anand Kumria wrote :- >The site-local prefix (fe80) has been deprecated (rfc3879), instead you want IPv6 local addresses (rfc4193) which you >can self-generate with tools such as: > http://www.hznet.de/tools/generate-uniq-local-ipv6-unicast-addr.sh
Hmm, I dropped off the IETF announce lists a few years ago so I have missed this fairly significant change. One thing I noticed though was that this script doesn't comply with the mentioned RFC. I am guessing it may have been written against an earlier draft (yep, the script says Sept. 2004). While it creates a pseudo-random address, a few problems I see are that it uses FD00::/8 as the prefix (instead of FC00::/7 which means it only tries to use half of the available space) and MD5 instead of SHA1 as the digest/randomizer. I know I am pedantic but one of the assumptions in this RFC (section 3.2.1) is that all generators of locally assigned global IDs use the same algorithm. It seems like it might be useful for me (or someone) to create an up-to-date version of this script over the Christmas break! Regards, Martin Martin Visser, CISSP Network and Security Consultant Consulting & Integration Technology Solutions Group - HP Services 410 Concord Road Rhodes NSW 2138 Australia Mobile: +61-411-254-513 Fax: +61-2-9022-1800 E-mail: martin.visserAThp.com This email (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify HP immediately by return email and then delete the email, destroy any printed copy and do not disclose or use the information in it. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
