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Re: Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6 in wheezy as default?



On dim., 2011-05-08 at 17:56 +0200, Sven Hoexter wrote:
> Beside that the default timeout setting for the dynamic address is something
> to be discussed, I believe the default is about a week which is rather
> long if you want to have a benefit over static assignment. After all the gain of
> anonymity highly depends on the IP assignment rules your ISP will have.
> If you always end up with the same /64 you gain nearly nothing and there are
> better properties to track you anyway. 

Privacy extension addresses are more intended for the mobile people
(prevent you beeing tracked when you change provider, like  connecting
from some hotspot, the hotel, a conference, work, home etc.).

Regards,
-- 
Yves-Alexis

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