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Re: European ISP enables IPv6 for all?
From: "Christopher Morrow" <morrowc.lists () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:11:02 -0800
On Dec 17, 2007 9:59 PM, Paul Ferguson <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -- "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb () cs columbia edu> wrote: [re: v6 mythos]In a slightly more realistic vein, a huge address space makes life harder for scanning worms. As Angelos Keromytis, Bill Cheswick, and I have pointed out, "harder" is by no means equivalent to "impossible", but the myth, new as it is, still propagates.And in fact, "threat propagation" in a v6 world may actually be worse than expected, and naiveté may actually contribute to a larger-scale attack, given the statistical possibility of potentially more victims.
naivete because folks believe the 'v6 is more secure' propoganda? or some other reason?
Address space size, and proximity, may well be red herrings in this discussion.
can you expand on this some?
Current thread:
- Re: /48 for each and every endsite (Was: European ISP enables IPv6 for all?), (continued)
- Re: /48 for each and every endsite (Was: European ISP enables IPv6 for all?) Mikael Abrahamsson (Dec 19)
- Re: /48 for each and every endsite (Was: European ISP enables IPv6 for all?) JAKO Andras (Dec 19)
- Re: European ISP enables IPv6 for all? Iljitsch van Beijnum (Dec 19)
- Re: European ISP enables IPv6 for all? Jeroen Massar (Dec 19)
- Re: European ISP enables IPv6 for all? Kevin Oberman (Dec 19)
- Re: European ISP enables IPv6 for all? JAKO Andras (Dec 18)
- Re: European ISP enables IPv6 for all? Adrian Chadd (Dec 18)
- Re: European ISP enables IPv6 for all? JAKO Andras (Dec 18)
- Re: European ISP enables IPv6 for all? Donald Stahl (Dec 18)
- Re: European ISP enables IPv6 for all? Christopher Morrow (Dec 17)
- Re: European ISP enables IPv6 for all? Mark Smith (Dec 18)