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-rw-r--r--pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go21
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go b/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go
index 5275b34d4..fc671e439 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go
@@ -278,33 +278,34 @@ func SolicitedNodeAddr(addr tcpip.Address) tcpip.Address {
return solicitedNodeMulticastPrefix + addr[len(addr)-3:]
}
-// EthernetAdddressToEUI64IntoBuf populates buf with a EUI-64 from a 48-bit
-// Ethernet/MAC address.
+// EthernetAdddressToModifiedEUI64IntoBuf populates buf with a modified EUI-64
+// from a 48-bit Ethernet/MAC address, as per RFC 4291 section 2.5.1.
//
// buf MUST be at least 8 bytes.
-func EthernetAdddressToEUI64IntoBuf(linkAddr tcpip.LinkAddress, buf []byte) {
+func EthernetAdddressToModifiedEUI64IntoBuf(linkAddr tcpip.LinkAddress, buf []byte) {
buf[0] = linkAddr[0] ^ 2
buf[1] = linkAddr[1]
buf[2] = linkAddr[2]
- buf[3] = 0xFE
+ buf[3] = 0xFF
buf[4] = 0xFE
buf[5] = linkAddr[3]
buf[6] = linkAddr[4]
buf[7] = linkAddr[5]
}
-// EthernetAddressToEUI64 computes an EUI-64 from a 48-bit Ethernet/MAC address.
-func EthernetAddressToEUI64(linkAddr tcpip.LinkAddress) [IIDSize]byte {
+// EthernetAddressToModifiedEUI64 computes a modified EUI-64 from a 48-bit
+// Ethernet/MAC address, as per RFC 4291 section 2.5.1.
+func EthernetAddressToModifiedEUI64(linkAddr tcpip.LinkAddress) [IIDSize]byte {
var buf [IIDSize]byte
- EthernetAdddressToEUI64IntoBuf(linkAddr, buf[:])
+ EthernetAdddressToModifiedEUI64IntoBuf(linkAddr, buf[:])
return buf
}
// LinkLocalAddr computes the default IPv6 link-local address from a link-layer
// (MAC) address.
func LinkLocalAddr(linkAddr tcpip.LinkAddress) tcpip.Address {
- // Convert a 48-bit MAC to an EUI-64 and then prepend the link-local
- // header, FE80::.
+ // Convert a 48-bit MAC to a modified EUI-64 and then prepend the
+ // link-local header, FE80::.
//
// The conversion is very nearly:
// aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff => FE80::Aabb:ccFF:FEdd:eeff
@@ -313,7 +314,7 @@ func LinkLocalAddr(linkAddr tcpip.LinkAddress) tcpip.Address {
0: 0xFE,
1: 0x80,
}
- EthernetAdddressToEUI64IntoBuf(linkAddr, lladdrb[IIDOffsetInIPv6Address:])
+ EthernetAdddressToModifiedEUI64IntoBuf(linkAddr, lladdrb[IIDOffsetInIPv6Address:])
return tcpip.Address(lladdrb[:])
}