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Diffstat (limited to 'pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go')
| -rw-r--r-- | pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go b/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go index 9d3abc0e4..f1e60911b 100644 --- a/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go +++ b/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go @@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ const ( // section 5. IPv6MinimumMTU = 1280 - // IPv6Any is the non-routable IPv6 "any" meta address. + // IPv6Any is the non-routable IPv6 "any" meta address. It is also + // known as the unspecified address. IPv6Any tcpip.Address = "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" ) @@ -100,6 +101,15 @@ var IPv6EmptySubnet = func() tcpip.Subnet { return subnet }() +// IPv6LinkLocalPrefix is the prefix for IPv6 link-local addresses, as defined +// by RFC 4291 section 2.5.6. +// +// The prefix is fe80::/64 +var IPv6LinkLocalPrefix = tcpip.AddressWithPrefix{ + Address: "\xfe\x80\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00", + PrefixLen: 64, +} + // PayloadLength returns the value of the "payload length" field of the ipv6 // header. func (b IPv6) PayloadLength() uint16 { |