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@@ -2503,7 +2503,7 @@ use_tempaddr - INTEGER
temp_valid_lft - INTEGER
valid lifetime (in seconds) for temporary addresses. If less than the
- minimum required lifetime (typically 5 seconds), temporary addresses
+ minimum required lifetime (typically 5-7 seconds), temporary addresses
will not be created.
Default: 172800 (2 days)
@@ -2511,7 +2511,7 @@ temp_valid_lft - INTEGER
temp_prefered_lft - INTEGER
Preferred lifetime (in seconds) for temporary addresses. If
temp_prefered_lft is less than the minimum required lifetime (typically
- 5 seconds), temporary addresses will not be created. If
+ 5-7 seconds), the preferred lifetime is the minimum required. If
temp_prefered_lft is greater than temp_valid_lft, the preferred lifetime
is temp_valid_lft.
@@ -2535,6 +2535,16 @@ max_desync_factor - INTEGER
Default: 600
+regen_min_advance - INTEGER
+ How far in advance (in seconds), at minimum, to create a new temporary
+ address before the current one is deprecated. This value is added to
+ the amount of time that may be required for duplicate address detection
+ to determine when to create a new address. Linux permits setting this
+ value to less than the default of 2 seconds, but a value less than 2
+ does not conform to RFC 8981.
+
+ Default: 2
+
regen_max_retry - INTEGER
Number of attempts before give up attempting to generate
valid temporary addresses.