Re: Linux IPv6 Bug

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Hello!

> I just discovered that after an interface is downed on a
> Linux 2.4.16-4GB box and then brought back up, the
> site-local address of the interface gets tossed - meaning
> that there are only the IPv4 address and the IPv6 link-local
> address present on the interface.

Look into rfc2462. link-local addresses are revalidated as well,
only the process of validation takes 1 second and does not require
a prefix advertising daemon on the segment or a preset static prefix.

Alexey
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