The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Privacy Considerations for IPv6 Address Generation Mechanisms' (draft-ietf-6man-ipv6-address-generation-privacy-08.txt) as Informational RFC This document is the product of the IPv6 Maintenance Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Brian Haberman and Terry Manderson. A URL of this Internet Draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-6man-ipv6-address-generation-privacy/ Technical Summary This document discusses privacy and security considerations for several IPv6 address generation mechanisms, both standardized and non-standardized. It evaluates how different mechanisms mitigate different threats and the trade-offs that implementors, developers, and users face in choosing different addresses or address generation mechanisms. Working Group Summary The initial revision of this work was published in July 2013. There is a strong consensus in support of this document. Document Quality The 6man working group appoints reviewers for all documents being advanced to the IESG. This document has been reviewed in detail by 6man reviewers, and it has had extensive discussion on the mailing list. Personnel Document Shepherd: Ole Troan Responsible Area Director: Brian Haberman
