https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=495496
--- Comment #5 from Odin Vex <odin....@ethicalexploiting.com> ---
(In reply to Douglas Silva from comment #4)
> (In reply to Odin Vex from comment #3)
> > (In reply to Douglas Silva from comment #2)
> > > In other words, the option you're changing in the editor refers to RFC
> > > 4941
> > > (Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6),
> > > which
> > > creates temporary addresses to be used for outgoing connections.
> > >
> > > `addr-gen-mode` defines how the interface identifier of your public IPv6
> > > addresses is generated — it doesn't apply to the "privacy addresses".
> > > Setting it to `stable-privacy` makes it create stable IIDs that don't
> > > expose
> > > your real hardware MAC address, while `eui64` creates IIDs based on your
> > > MAC.
> >
> > Setting `privacy` to *disabled* doesn't get me a non-private address, that's
> > the problem. Disabled means disabled, not 'stable-privacy'. Only setting
> > `addr-gen-mode` to 0 and restarting NetworkManager *again* will get me a
> > real, non-private address ('eui64').
>
> As far as I know, `stable-privacy` gives you a public stable address, which
> should not change. Its name can be misleading.
>
> However, if you have a dynamic GUA address (when your ISP refuses to give
> you a static prefix), then the address generated with `stable-privacy` will
> change every time the ISP updates your prefix; in such cases, you have to
> use EUI64.
Again, the issue is "Privacy: Disabled" should mean Disabled. (eg
addr-gen-mode=0). So if my MAC were A1-B2-C3-D4-E5-F6 and my IPv6 prefix were a
26FE:DCBA:9876:5400/64, then the address expected (via DHCPv6) would be
26FE:DCBA:9876:5400:A3B2:C3FF:FED4:E5F6.
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