Bug#759215: please respect router advertisement flags for IPv6

2015-01-25 Thread Harald Dunkel
On 01/18/15 11:14, Marco d'Itri wrote: > ifupdown does not even see the RA packets, so I am not sure about how > this could be implemented. Agreed. > And why is the kernel configuring the address if the M bit of the RA > packet is set? > Do you think this is a kernel bug? Does RFC 4861 forbid

Bug#759215: please respect router advertisement flags for IPv6

2015-01-18 Thread Andrew Shadura
Hi, It could run rdisc6 or whatever that program is called, and parse its output. -- Cheers, Andrew

Bug#759215: please respect router advertisement flags for IPv6

2015-01-18 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Aug 25, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Shouldn't ifupdown respect the "M" and "O" flags, regardless whether the > "dhcp" flag is set in /etc/network/interfaces ? For IPv6 autoconfiguration > I would prefer to put as few information into /e/n/interfaces as possible. ifupdown does not even see the RA pa

Bug#759215: please respect router advertisement flags for IPv6

2014-08-25 Thread Harald Dunkel
Package: ifupdown Version: 0.7.48.1 My gateway (openBSD 5.6) has the "M" bit set on its router advertisement messages for IPv6, which means that additional addresses and other options are provided by DHCPv6. See http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4861#section-4.2 . The problem is: ifup seems to ignore