In message <20050107221559.GD14379@netbsd.org>, Bill Studenmund writes:
>

>
>I'm looking at what's needed to make IPv6 autoconfiguration work on a host=
>with multiple interfaces. And I'm quite confused. In looking at rtsold, I=
>found the following comment in the man page:
>
>     The IPv6 autoconfiguration specification assumes a single-interface ho=
>st.
>     You may see kernel error messages if you try to autoconfigure a host w=
>ith
>     multiple interfaces.  Also, it seems contradictory for rtsold to accept
>     multiple interface arguments.
>
>So what should we do?
>

I just skimmed draft-ietf-ipv6-rfc2462bis-07.txt, the current draft for 
IPv6 autoconfig.  I saw nothing in it that prohibits its use on 
multi-interface hosts.  In fact, there are several places that 
explicitly use the plural form, such as the abstract:

   This document specifies the steps a host takes in deciding how to
   autoconfigure its interfaces in IP version 6.

The document is in Last Call for promotion to Draft Standard; if I'm 
wrong and there is such text in there, send a note to iesg@ietf.org and/
or ietf@ietf.org complaining.  The deadline is 28 January 2005.

		--Prof. Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb