RE: address selection and DHCPv6

[James Carlson <james.d.carlson at sun.com>]

Bernie Volz (volz) writes:
> I would think that how an address is assigned shouldn't enter into this.
> I can't see that it matters.

It matters only in that different assignment mechanisms have different
inherent stabilities:

	manual: "forever"

	DHCPv6: until the lifetime expires and the server refuses to
		renew

	stateless: until the network interface hardware is swapped

	temporary: "soon"

> What really matters is the lifetimes associated with the address. The
> longest lifetime address is probably the best to use since it is the
> most stable. [Ignoring privacy and other related issues.]
> 
> Perhaps this gets at what you want anyway, since manually assigned
> addresses would presumable have the longest lifetime? 

Yes, that's equivalent.

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