From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3FB3A138359 for ; Sat, 1 Aug 2020 18:48:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B16B2E0A02; Sat, 1 Aug 2020 18:48:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from tncsrv06.tnetconsulting.net (tncsrv06.tnetconsulting.net [IPv6:2600:3c00:e000:1e9::8849]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4DB7BE09E7 for ; Sat, 1 Aug 2020 18:48:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Contact-TNet-Consulting-Abuse-for-assistance by tncsrv06.tnetconsulting.net (8.15.2/8.15.2/Debian-3) with ESMTPSA id 071ImdsX019533 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 1 Aug 2020 13:48:40 -0500 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Local mail server To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <1831008.PYKUYFuaPT@peak> <5F212A7A.4020605@youngman.org.uk> <2550238.mvXUDI8C0e@peak> From: Grant Taylor Organization: TNet Consulting Message-ID: Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2020 12:48:44 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.6.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: f668ed41-c68d-4687-a3a4-aaaba3c4ec50 X-Archives-Hash: 5320a2ca24aba26873e66b3bb9df2fe4 On 7/31/20 2:05 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: > Nit: DHCPv6 can be (and usually is) dynamic, but it doesn't have to > be. It's entirely possible to have a static IP address that your OS > (or firewall/router) acquires via DHCPv6 (or v4). [I set up stuff > like that all the time.] Counter Nit: That's still acquiring an address via /Dynamic/ Host Configuration Protocol (v6). It /is/ a /dynamic/ process. Static IP address has some very specific meaning when it comes to configuring TCP/IP stacks. Specifically that you enter the address to be used, and it doesn't change until someone changes it in the configuration. Either an IP address is statically entered -or- it's dynamic. The fact that it's returning the same, possibly predictable, address is independent of the fact that it's a /dynamic/ process. -- Grant. . . . unix || die