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Using Subnet-Specific Link-Local Addresses to Improve SLAAC Robustness
draft-link-v6ops-gulla-01

Document Type Replaced Internet-Draft (individual)
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Author Jen Linkova
Last updated 2024-08-28 (Latest revision 2024-02-25)
Replaced by draft-link-6man-gulla
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Abstract

This document suggests that a link-local address used by a router as a source address for Router Advertisement packets is calculated as a function of prefixes listed in the Prefix Information Option of the Router Advertisement. The proposed approach, combined with the Rule 5.5 of the Default Source Address Selection algorithm (RFC6724) and first-hop selection requirements for hosts (RFC 8028) improves the robustness of the SLAAC by allowing the hosts to detect the IPv6 subnet changes much faster and select the correct source address.

Authors

Jen Linkova

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