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IETF RFC 4941
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Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6

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IETF
Doc Type
Standard
Pages
23
Abstract
Nodes use IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration to generate addresses using a combination of locally available information and information advertised by routers. Addresses are formed by combining network prefixes with an interface identifier. On an interface that contains an embedded IEEE Identifier, the interface identifier is typically derived from it. On other interface types, the interface identifier is generated through other means, for example, via random number generation. This document describes an extension to IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration for interfaces whose interface identifier is derived from an IEEE identifier. Use of the extension causes nodes to generate global scope addresses from interface identifiers that change over time, even in cases where the interface contains an embedded IEEE identifier. Changing the interface identifier (and the global scope addresses generated from it) over time makes it more difficult for eavesdroppers and other information collectors to identify when different addresses used in different transactions actually correspond to the same node. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
Publication Date
2007-09-01
Status Note
Draft Standard
DOI
10.17487/RFC4941
Link
https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC4941
Author(s)
Dr. Thomas Narten
Richard P. Draves
Suresh Krishnan
Keyword(s)
Privacy, Anonymity
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