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Re: IPv6 could change things - Was: DMCA takedowns of networks


From: Jeffrey Ollie <jeff () ocjtech us>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:20:52 -0500

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Michael Dillon
<wavetossed () googlemail com> wrote:

But, when IPv6 is a bit more common, there is no need for  virtual
hosters to share
a single IP address between several sites. They may as well use a
unique IPv6 address
for every single site, even if they are all on the same server. The
side effect of this is
that it makes the network operator's tool sharper, and able to knock
down single sites
with a /32 ACL.

For a hosting provider, I would think that this strengthens the
business case for IPv6.

But do the commonly-used operating systems support adding hundreds or
thousands of addresses to an interface, and what would the performance
implications be?

-- 
Jeff Ollie


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