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[PATCH] remove check for outdated rfc2374

Added by gpr about 9 years ago. Updated about 9 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
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Category:
Networking
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Start date:
01/20/2015
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Description

DragonFlyBSD ipv6 code contains check for "aggregatable unicast address" (rfc2374), which is obsoleted by rfc3587. Hence the patch, which removes this check. FreeBSD also does not have this check.


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rfc2374_remove.patch (738 Bytes) rfc2374_remove.patch gpr, 01/20/2015 06:47 AM
Actions #1

Updated by gpr about 9 years ago

gpr wrote:

DragonFlyBSD ipv6 code contains check for "aggregatable unicast address" (rfc2374), which is obsoleted by rfc3587. Hence the patch, which removes this check. FreeBSD also does not have this check.

This bug can be seen in logs by the following lines:
nd6_ra_input: invalid prefixlen 52 for rfc2374 prefix 2001:19f0:0300:4000::, ignored

Due to this bug, ipv6 in DragonFlyBSD does not work in some configuration (where prefixlen for received RA's does not equal to 64)

Actions #2

Updated by gpr about 9 years ago

  • Subject changed from remove check for outdated rfc2374 to [PATCH] remove check for outdated rfc2374
Actions #3

Updated by tuxillo about 9 years ago

  • Tracker changed from Bug to Submit
  • Status changed from New to Closed
  • Assignee set to sepherosa
  • Target version set to 4.2
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