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Advanced users • Why are my RPi 5's global IPv6 addresses based on their MAC address?

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I just realised that my RPI Zero running 32-bit RaspiOS Bookworm has a global IPv6 address not based on it's MAC address, while my RPI 5's running 64-bit RaspiOS Bookworm all have a global IPv6 addresses based on their MAC address. Isn't that a security risk?

The main differences are that the RPi Zero has a Ethernet adaptor, and boots from an SD card, while the RPi 5's network boot.

So, why aren't the RPi 5's creating a temporary global IPv6 address, instead of using the MAC address to create one?

Statistics: Posted by jeremym — Tue Mar 04, 2025 9:08 pm — Replies 1 — Views 37



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