From nobody@FreeBSD.org Wed Nov 9 14:13:56 2011 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D60D4106566B for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2011 14:13:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from red.freebsd.org (red.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5E068FC12 for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2011 14:13:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from red.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id pA9EDuMs086855 for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2011 14:13:56 GMT (envelope-from nobody@red.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id pA9EDulb086835; Wed, 9 Nov 2011 14:13:56 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201111091413.pA9EDulb086835@red.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 14:13:56 GMT From: Wout Decré To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: IPv6 link-local address compared with IPv4 loopback address and IPv6 site-local deprecated X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 X-GNATS-Notify: >Number: 162404 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [handbook] IPv6 link-local address compared with IPv4 loopback address and IPv6 site-local deprecated >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Nov 09 14:20:07 UTC 2011 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: Sat Nov 12 00:25:58 UTC 2011 >Originator: Wout Decré >Release: >Organization: Canodus >Environment: >Description: IPv6 link-local address (fe80) is compared with IPv4 loopback address in the Handbook's IPv6 chapter. >How-To-Repeat: Visit http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-ipv6.html. >Fix: IPv6 link-local should be compared with IPv4 link-local, or Automatic Private IP Addressing (169.254.1.0 through 169.254.254.255), or even private IP addressing. Maybe a note for site-local should be that it is deprecated (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3879.txt). >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: