Hi!
> Windows is the only major OS that "does it right" and uses the
> alternate strategy for ipv6 self-assignment which was added to the
> standars later, namely "randomly generate".
This is called:
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3041
> Linux folks are being stubborn and want to stick to the default that
> is specified in the standars as the default.
Seems Ubuntu fixed this in 2011 or 2012:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procps/+bug/ 176125
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