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IP-TOKEN(8)                                             Linux                                             IP-TOKEN(8)



NAME
       ip-token - tokenized interface identifer support

SYNOPSIS
       ip token { COMMAND | help }


       ip token set TOKEN dev DEV

       ip token get [ dev DEV ]

       ip token [ list ]


DESCRIPTION
       IPv6 tokenized interface identifer support is used for assigning well-known host-part addresses to nodes
       whilst still obtaining a global network 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 identifiers, 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. Once a token is set, it cannot be removed from the interface, only
       overwritten.

       TOKEN  the interface identifer token address.

       dev DEV
              the networking interface.


   ip token get - get the interface token from the kernel
       show a tokenized interface identifer of a particular networking device.  Arguments: coincide with the argu‐
       ments of ip token set but the TOKEN must be left out.

   ip token list - list all interface tokens
       list all tokenized interface identifers for the networking interfaces from the kernel.


SEE ALSO
       ip(8)


AUTHOR
       Manpage by Daniel Borkmann



iproute2                                             28 Mar 2013                                          IP-TOKEN(8)