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diff --git a/proposals/312-relay-auto-ipv6-addr.txt b/proposals/312-relay-auto-ipv6-addr.txt
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+++ b/proposals/312-relay-auto-ipv6-addr.txt
@@ -1286,6 +1286,13 @@ Ticket: #33073
applications if a particular address is using privacy extensions. So
implementing this change may be difficult.
+ On operating systems that provide IPv6 address privacy extension state,
+ IPv6 addresses may be:
+ * "public" - these addresses do not change
+ * "temporary" - these addresses change due to IPv6 privacy extensions.
+ Therefore, tor should prefer "public" IPv6 addresses, when they are
+ available.
+
However, even if we do not make this change, tor should be compatible with
the RFC 4941 defaults:
* a new IPv6 address is generated each day