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From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IPv6: (5/5) Allow IPv6 tunnels without own IPv6 address
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 01:52:01 -0700
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On Mon, 01 Sep 2003 11:24:09 +0900 (JST)
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / _$B5HF#1QL@ <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> wrote:

> In article <Pine.LNX.4.44.0309010257390.26242-200000@rhea.tcs.hut.fi> (at Mon, 1 Sep 2003 03:11:58 +0300 (EEST)), Ville Nuorvala <vnuorval@tcs.hut.fi> says:
> 
> > unless (link-local) protocols like DHCPv6 or MLD are run over the virtual
> > link formed by IPv6 tunnels, the net_devices representing the tunnels
> > don't necessarily need to have an IPv6 address configured specifically to
> > them.
> 
> Wrong. All interfaces have a link-local address. (RFC2462)

Are you sure there isn't an exception in the ip6ip6 tunnel
RFC?