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  • IPv6 Privacy
    Posted by Oliver on the 12th of September, 2010 in category Tech

    I'm a big proponent of getting IPv6 out there, but not everyone shares this opinion. A lot of people are happy to stick with IPv4 and all of the horrid NATing nightmares this introduces despite there being such big wins when using IPv6. Some issues it does introduce though need to be dealt with:

    • The big compatibility issue, which encompasses OS, network stack and application support as well as support by all of the solid-state devices out there already.
    • Direct-connectivity to all endpoints is now possible, so NAT cannot be relied upon to provide security.
    • …
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