From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: IPv6: proxy_ndp to a network range Date: Mon, 09 May 2016 01:46:13 -0700 Message-ID: References: <31ff66eb-38bd-0186-9e81-0543f0558323@zytor.com> <20160509083903.GA2462@omega> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Alexander Aring Return-path: Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:54840 "EHLO mail.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751384AbcEIIrB (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 May 2016 04:47:01 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20160509083903.GA2462@omega> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On May 9, 2016 1:39:08 AM PDT, Alexander Aring wrote: >Hi, > >On Mon, May 09, 2016 at 01:06:51AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> Hello, >> >> There currently doesn't seem to be any support for proxy_ndp of a >whole >> network mask, as IPv4 proxy_arp seems to permit. >> >> a) Am I actually correct in this, or am I just missing something >important? >> >> b) Is there a technical reason for this, or is it just a limitation >of the >> current implementation? >> > >So far I know you can do this with the ndppd [0] userspace tool which >listen >NS/NA messages and do the ip -6 neigh add proxy for you. > >- Alex > >[0] https://github.com/DanielAdolfsson/ndppd Sure, but it seems like a workaround for something that ought to be simpler? -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse brevity and formatting.