Re: [RFC] Change default ipv6 network from fec0/10 (site local) to fe80/10 (link local)

Hi Doug, Cc'ing more developers. On 1/27/21 8:13 PM, Doug Evans wrote:

Hi.

This is just an information gathering question. I don't know enough to formally propose the change. I happened to notice QEMU's default for the ipv6 network is fec0::/10 which is deprecated (RFC3879). I think(!) an obvious replacement is fe80::/10, link local.

Has anyone thought about this issue or know of reasons why we shouldn't make this change?

I'm a bit worried this could break various scripts and firewall rules where this is the expected default range...