Have we been opted out of IPv6 AAAA resolution?

[Eric Vyncke (evyncke)]

Indeed, the limits and timers can be modified in order to cope with fast
changing privacy extension addresses ;-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ipv6-ops-bounces+evyncke=cisco.com at lists.cluenet.de
[mailto:ipv6-ops-
> bounces+evyncke=cisco.com at lists.cluenet.de] On Behalf Of Tim Chown
> Sent: mercredi 6 juin 2012 13:33
> To: IPv6 operators forum
> Subject: Re: Have we been opted out of IPv6 AAAA resolution?
> 
> 
> On 6 Jun 2012, at 20:55, Matt Ryanczak wrote:
> 
> > On 6/6/12 1:12 PM, Gert Doering wrote:
> >> ISTR that someone mentioned problems with MacOS+PrivacyExt+WLAN
before...
> >
> > I owe an update to that thread but for now if you have:
> >
> > Card Type:	AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0xD6)
> > Firmware Version:	Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.198.4.20)
> >
> > on your mac you may find that MacOS+PrivacyExt+WLAN(Cisco WLC in
> > particular) is a problem. If you suffer from the problem we've seen
> > you can sidestep the issue by disabling privacy extensions or using
a
> > different access point (A Cisco/Linksys e4500 in our case).
> 
> OK, thanks.  Who needs privacy anyway? ;)
> 
> Have also had it suggested by Eric Vyncke that the WLC's "first hop
> security"
> implementation only allows 8 IPs per MAC, so if you happen to cycle
through
> privacy addresses quickly you could be in trouble.
> 
> I assume there's some setting for how fast those get aged out, but
we'll
> see...
> 
> Tim