On 21 Jun 2014, at 16:09, Benedikt Stockebrand <bs@stepladder-it.com> wrote:
Hi folks,
Andrew 👽 Yourtchenko <ayourtch@gmail.com> writes:
Using all-zero IID forms a subnet-router anycast address:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4291#section-2.6.1
Also, I've read about linux hosts responding to fe80:: if it is configured on any link on the router (though reads like a clear bug to me, and maybe fixed already).
well, any router is supposed to listen on that anycast address, so enabling that address when you turn on IPv6 forwarding does make some sense.
My sentence was about linux box not being a host.. But now that you mention it - sounds plausible that the folks I heard it from had linux host doing forwarding and forgot about it - makes sense indeed then and of course not a bug. --a
Cheers,
Benedikt
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