From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: by passt.top (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9B0365A0274; Wed, 27 Dec 2023 17:37:14 +0100 (CET) From: Stefano Brivio To: passt-dev@passt.top Subject: [PATCH v2] README: Default SLAAC prefix comes from address (not prefix) on host Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2023 17:37:14 +0100 Message-Id: <20231227163714.2497903-1-sbrivio@redhat.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.39.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID-Hash: NDQJJKRSZWG4RYKG4RCTRXLSAFVXBBNL X-Message-ID-Hash: NDQJJKRSZWG4RYKG4RCTRXLSAFVXBBNL X-MailFrom: sbrivio@passt.top X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: Yalan Zhang X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.8 Precedence: list List-Id: Development discussion and patches for passt Archived-At: Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Reported-by: Yalan Zhang Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio --- v2: Fix botched paragraph README.md | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c360037..916260e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -406,13 +406,13 @@ upstream interface of the host, and the same default gateway as the default gateway of the host. Addresses are translated in case the guest is seen using a different address from the assigned one. -For IPv6, the guest or namespace is assigned, via SLAAC, the same prefix as the -upstream interface of the host, the same default route as the default route of -the host, and, if a DHCPv6 client is running in the guest or namespace, also the -same address as the upstream address of the host. This means that, with a DHCPv6 -client in the guest or namespace, addresses don't need to be translated. Should -the client use a different address, the destination address is translated for -packets going to the guest or to the namespace. +For IPv6, the guest or namespace is assigned, via SLAAC, a prefix derived from +the address of the upstream interface of the host, the same default route as the +default route of the host, and, if a DHCPv6 client is running in the guest or +namespace, also the same address as the upstream address of the host. This means +that, with a DHCPv6 client in the guest or namespace, addresses don't need to be +translated. Should the client use a different address, the destination address +is translated for packets going to the guest or to the namespace. ### Local connections with _passt_ -- 2.39.2