[systemd-devel] systemd-networkd: option for IPv6 privacy extension?

[Lennart Poettering]

On Sun, 14.06.15 15:32, Ansgar Burchardt (ansgar at 43-1.org) wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm wondering if systemd-networkd could provide an option to control the
> IPv6 privacy extension? It is controlled via a sysctl setting:
> 
>   net.ipv6.conf.${interface}.use_tempaddr
> 
> with three values:
> 
>   <= 0 : disable Privacy Extensions
>   == 1 : enable Privacy Extensions, but prefer public
>          addresses over temporary addresses.
>   >  1 : enable Privacy Extensions and prefer temporary
>          addresses over public addresses.
> 
>     -- Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
> 
> It would be nice if systemd-networkd would allow to control these
> options, for example by a "IP6Privacy" setting in the Address section of
> .network units (NetworkManager already uses "ip6-privacy").

Sure. Sounds useful to support. Added to TODO list.

Lennart

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Lennart Poettering, Red Hat