Wildcards in reverse DNS

[Sten Carlsen]

Mark Andrews wrote:
>>> What is the reason for this use of the lower 64 bits? Can you get rid of
>>> ARP?
>>>       
>
> 	IPv6 doesn't use ARP.
>   
How does it work in case of privacy addresses? In that case the MAC
address is not part of the IP-address.
>   
>> Is this so much better than the self-assigned IPv4 addresses in use
>>     
>>> today? On top of this, there are now attempts of hiding the MAC-address
>>> to help privacy, which would otherwise be gone.
>>>       
>> It allows autoconfiguration. And why does one want to hide the MAC
>> address? Knowing it does only help an attacker on the local network,
>> and who is on the local network knows it anyway.
>>
>> Greetings
>> Marc
>>     
>
> 	Privacy addresses are there primarially for machines that
> 	move between networks.  They prevent tracking of the machine
> 	by looking at the bottom 64 bits.  They also help somewhat
> 	when a machine stays on the same network. You don't know
> 	if it is the same person making connections or different
> 	people.
>  
>   
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