Re: rules matching ipv6 prefix addrs

[Stephen Clark <sclark46@earthlink.net>]

On 11/04/2010 07:29 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> Stephen Clark a écrit :
>    
>> Won't this break existing tcp connections if all of a sudden you get a
>> new address?
>>      
> Yes, but the same happened already with a variable IPv4 address, so this
> is not a new problem. As I understand HPA, the new problem is that with
> IPv6 the whole prefix can change.
>
>    
Yes but when it happens there some kind of well defined event - like 
dhcp giving you a new address
and can trigger scripts that do the necessary updating of whatever needs 
to be updated. Also
I have a dynamic address that might change once or twice a year since I 
leave my system on 24/7.
This sounds like all of a sudden the ISP gives you a new prefix and "RA" 
(router advertisements ?)
let you know that you have a new address.

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