-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On Fri, 4 Jan 2013, Patrick Lists wrote: > On an up-to-date F17 x86_64 box I was testing IPv6 and it was pointed out that > the IPv6 address that Fedora uses is traceable because it ends in the MAC > address of the nic. I don't like that and want to enable privacy extensions > which should replace the MAC address with some random stuff in the IPv6 > address. > > I added the following to /etc/sysctl.d/ipv6_privacy_extensions and rebooted: > > net.ipv6.conf.default.use_tempaddr = 1 > net.ipv6.conf.default.temp_prefered_lft = 7200 > > Unfortunately this does not work as I don't see an IPv6 address with "scope > global dynamic" and if I go to http://ip6.nl then it still shows my IPv6 > address with the MAC address in it. > > Anyone know how to make this work? Add: IPV6_PRIVACY=rfc3041 to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-nicN Restart the network service (I never tested this with NetworkManager). Gabriel - -- // Gabriel VLASIU // // OpenGPG-KeyID : 44952F15 // OpenGPG-Fingerprint: 4AC5 7C26 2FE9 02DA 4906 24B2 D32B 7ED7 4495 2F15 // OpenGPG-URL : http://www.vlasiu.net/public.key -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.13 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJQ5q6dAAoJENMrftdElS8VoDAP/j/M6k5OytDkYcogtCDQt8pL 3CvFEp2qxZuzQtEZfHfG2EQH4wGNipTszh7WXZbOjtPc1gx1v6yVtmRZWd+3RBVB bV2s5abEuNQTuRwx9+H1by24tU6vaVW8fRgXHrE2dyWHEZbMvoBVQkEuuWi7qRSt qAf2IdmXRT3IzUGXXedwzJ5Yg1Z4aLg11jdmgDiNAt1CUgNVWGGhjZ34OCibIM2G UIuviNQU1ITfNorJU0yDcjtvEpBcZV5GfAEk+qvMQ1vBoYi/pRptuvdqZHmKM4wa r5RsVFptYGVHorvQclx14TbCLopPEB5CXp8w5VB+EUiO8seQC/f6zo5GTf8Rinnz s5nqAt6/UWOEABxuFh2jD2ObWJvp4hx0L0QDHvTZbY6nwK2a3l0u8wY86+nQE01x mjUfkcvsVb9RhyhXxsAnThfqF+9+CQc7lqnEIHyVdGSeXq55vgW9iRue6br/XMn4 z2po2jwoIw5o0UpYt3szYb6hivNmoq4j5wizYkGmWgIWfo3T8hVE5digt9C/UGh9 0bGBbiJot0BFnteYDLK9VPZkJH3NRYw22d4mGR+8RxtZ0cbPIh///sGxM9hUILOs JZRn9UsO8QlrEgMbi2XG4KEZVyQIBdrEWAgL7lvdm/OmRmxS1Q5ixPvBTkwfFWZS KE320igdKELZI/81vA/W =Rpc0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org