Linux source address selection vs. EUI-64

[Leen Besselink]

On 11/14/2010 12:10 PM, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Nov 2010, Geert Hendrickx wrote:
>
>> I like the suggestion of using the preferred lifetime as a tie breaker.
>
> +1.
>
> It seems kind of obvious, that the address which has the highest
> lifetime should be used for outgoing connections. Is there something
> we're missing why this wasn't specified before?
>
Not sure, but I do know one thing.

Let's say I have a static or a SLACC address, when I add
private-extensions, these IP-addresses are only valid for a 'short' time,
but they are the preferred addresses for communication to the outside world.