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Re: Where to buy Internet IP addresses


From: Tony Finch <dot () dotat at>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 14:24:09 +0100

On Wed, 6 May 2009, Karl Auer wrote:
On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 15:58 -0400, Ricky Beam wrote:
"stateless" with "constant" and "consistent".  SLAAC doesn't need to
generate the exact same address everytime the system is started.

No - but it is *phenomenally useful* if it does. Changing addresses is
only ever something you want in very specific circumstances.

You'll love RFC 4941 as implemented by Windows Vista and later.

Tony.
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