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Re: IPv6 routing /48s


From: Niels Bakker <niels=nanog () bakker net>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:33:10 +0100

* Mark_Andrews () isc org (Mark Andrews) [Wed 26 Nov 2008, 03:20 CET]:
It's used for both.

Yet from /usr/src/lib/libc/getaddrinfo.c
---
           /* Rule 7: Prefer native transport. */
           /* XXX: not implemented yet */
---

But it is not used to distinguish between 2001: and 2002: as ::/0 has a higher precedence in the default FreeBSD IPv6 address selection policy table. Where does FreeBSD and by extension KAME get its strong preference for 2001: from? I just can't find the code.

(I'm reviving this old thread because you chose to ignore my mail to you but did not fail to reply to a single mail I sent to the list concerning this.)


        -- Niels.

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