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#1 2012-05-08 18:05:27

work
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[SOLVED] IPv6: privacy

Source: en.Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6#Privacy
As you can read:
"Privacy extensions are enabled by default in Windows, Mac OS X (since 10.7), and iOS since version 4.3.[34] Some Linux distributions have enabled privacy extensions as well.[35]"

What about Arch Linux?
Thank you

Last edited by work (2012-05-08 19:02:42)

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#2 2012-05-08 18:14:52

Gcool
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Re: [SOLVED] IPv6: privacy


Burninate!

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#3 2012-05-08 19:02:31

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Re: [SOLVED] IPv6: privacy

Gcool wrote:

I apologize.
Thank you

So, they aren't enabled by default, am I right?

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#4 2012-05-08 19:17:12

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Re: [SOLVED] IPv6: privacy

Not enabled by default, you have to set it manually.

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#5 2012-05-08 19:52:51

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Re: [SOLVED] IPv6: privacy

tomegun wrote:

Not enabled by default, you have to set it manually.

I see. Can you tell me why are they disabled by default?
Thank you

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#6 2012-05-08 20:42:00

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Re: [SOLVED] IPv6: privacy

The related rfc article/section suggests users must have an option to enable/disable it. So disabling it by default and letting users who want to use it enable it themselves is sensible enough I reckon.


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#7 2012-05-08 21:41:31

work
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Re: [SOLVED] IPv6: privacy

Gcool wrote:

The related rfc article/section suggests users must have an option to enable/disable it. So disabling it by default and letting users who want to use it enable it themselves is sensible enough I reckon.

I see. Thank you.

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