[ale] IPv6 vs IPv4 (was: uptime)

[Jim Popovitch]

Well, that brings up the usual IPv4 vs IPv6 interest :-). So a measure
of security comes from IPv4 but not IPv6...yet another reason to delay
IPv6 :-)

-Jim P.

On 2010-03-17, Michael H. Warfield <mhw at wittsend.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 18:44 -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
>> Michael H. Warfield wrote:
>> > On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 16:46 -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
>> >> Michael H. Warfield wrote:
>> >>> On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 14:52 -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
>> >>>> Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
>> >>>>> And the last time you upgraded the kernel and libraries, and
>> >>>>> installed
>> >>>>> needed security patches was . . . ?
>> >>>> Too long.  Internal box, you can't get to it from there.  I promise.
>> >>>> ;)
>> >>> Make sure nobody brings up any IPv6 routing on you.  You could be in
>> >>> for
>> >>> a REAL surprise.  You don't get any warning.  Even if you are deep
>> >>> behind an IPv4 NAT.
>> >
>> >> This is a box here at home.  No IPv6 running on any of my boxes.
>> >
>> > Make sure you don't have any Mac's or the Mac AirPort Express access
>> > points either.  Oh, and if you've got any Wifi access points running
>> > dd-wrt, you might check those versions as well.  You never can
>> > tell.  :-)
>> >
>> > Google discovered an unexpectedly high number of IPv6 users from the
>> > United States, placing the US in 5th place for IPv6 adoption.  Most of
>> > that (but not all of that) was from Mac books and Mac Airport Express
>> > AP's that have IPv6 and 6to4 enabled by default.  And yes, they do
>> > advertise and yes they do route other devices.  As time goes on, this is
>> > going to become more and more common.  Even Comcast is opening up a Beta
>> > program for IPv6.  It's not if.  It's when.  You can expect more and
>> > more consumer NAT devices and AP's to be picking up the banner.  Doesn't
>> > cost them a thing to support it.
>
>> But I would think that's a good thing.  Just be aware. :)
>
> Oh, it is.  It very much so is.  Just be aware that all of your
> previously unreachable (on IPv4) systems will now have a globally
> addressable address in the IPv6 global unicast address set.
>
> Mike
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