[ipv6-wg] is use of IF-ID 0 "clean"

> On 21 Jun 2014, at 16:09, Benedikt Stockebrand <bs at stepladder-it.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> Andrew 👽  Yourtchenko <ayourtch at 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



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