IP-TOKEN(8) Linux IP-TOKEN(8)
NAME
ip-token - tokenized interface identifier support
SYNOPSIS
ip token { COMMAND | help }
ip token set TOKEN dev DEV
ip token del dev DEV
ip token get [ dev DEV ]
ip token [ list ]
DESCRIPTION
IPv6 tokenized interface identifier support is used for assigning well-
known host-part addresses to nodes whilst still obtaining a global net-
work prefix from Router advertisements. The primary target for tokenized
identifiers are server platforms where addresses are usually manually
configured, rather than using DHCPv6 or SLAAC. By using tokenized iden-
tifiers, hosts can still determine their network prefix by use of SLAAC,
but more readily be automatically renumbered should their network prefix
change [1]. Tokenized IPv6 Identifiers are described in the draft [1]:
<draft-chown-6man-tokenised-ipv6-identifiers-02>.
ip token set - set an interface token
set the interface token to the kernel.
TOKEN the interface identifier token address.
dev DEV
the networking interface.
ip token del - delete an interface token
delete the interface token from the kernel.
dev DEV
the networking interface.
ip token get - get the interface token from the kernel
show a tokenized interface identifier of a particular networking device.
Arguments: coincide with the arguments of ip token set but the TOKEN
must be left out.
ip token list - list all interface tokens
list all tokenized interface identifiers for the networking interfaces
from the kernel.
SEE ALSO
ip(8)
AUTHOR
Manpage by Daniel Borkmann
iproute2 28 Mar 2013 IP-TOKEN(8)
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