Opened 11 years ago
Last modified 11 years ago
#536 new enhancement
IPv4 link-local address autoconfiguration
Reported by: | Jiri Svoboda | Owned by: | |
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Priority: | major | Milestone: | |
Component: | helenos/unspecified | Version: | mainline |
Keywords: | Cc: | ||
Blocker for: | Depends on: | #562 | |
See also: | #502 |
Description
Implement IPv4 link-local adress autoconfiguration as per RFC 3927 (Dynamic Configuration of IPv4 Link-Local Addresses).
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The protocol itself is very simple. However, the proper handling of link-local addresses requires some care, namely with respect to:
The above problems need to be dealt with for the sake of IPv6 anyway, since link-local addresses are very common for IPv6 - they are always present if stateless address autoconfiguration is used - even if a globally routable address is available from the start.