Comment Re:Of course they'll skip autoconfiguration. (Score 1) 174
this is the largest wrong myth about IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration.
there is no requirement, at all, to use MAC/EUI64 address for the lowermost 64 bits.
the requirement is to have the following properties:
- the value should be stable across reboots
- there is very low likelyhood to make collisions
so good candidate would be MD5(hostname) or something alike.
noone can escape from OS fingerprinting other than OpenBSD-like "randomize every field" aproach.
itojun
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there is no requirement, at all, to use MAC/EUI64 address for the lowermost 64 bits.
the requirement is to have the following properties:
- the value should be stable across reboots
- there is very low likelyhood to make collisions
so good candidate would be MD5(hostname) or something alike.
noone can escape from OS fingerprinting other than OpenBSD-like "randomize every field" aproach.
itojun
# ipv6samurais.com: Saving the World with Code and Sword
