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RE: IPv6 comes in the game


From: Eduardo Jacob <jtpjatae () bi ehu es>
Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 09:56:53 +0200

At 17:56 04/05/2004, you wrote:
Lorand,

Maybe I'm not understanding your question, but doesn't the IPv6 address
of Host-A include Host-A's (reported) MAC address?

For example, in RFC 1884 - IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture -

It can, but it can use other schemas as the temporary addresses as seen in RFC 3041.

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