RE: The list of current Issues in IPv6 Policy
"Jeroen Massar" <jeroen-LqLoW1FB7k/[email protected]>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] wrote: > > > > The single biggest real problem with Ipv6 is the privacy exposure > > > > to the user. When this problem is fixed or solved, Ipv6 will be > > > > much more widely excepted. > > > > > > Could you elaborate on why IPv6 is exposes more of my privacy > > > than IPv4 currently does? > > > > Yes. IPv6 in autoinstall does not allow for masking where IPv4 > > does, simply put. > > er, yes it does. For example, WinXP uses RFC3041 privacy addresses *by > default*. I heared _rumors_ that upcoming Linux 2.6 kernels also did this btw. I wonder what IPv4 has in it's advantage wrt to 'masking' whatever that might be though, only masking I know of is masquerade and that is a NAT function... yikes ;) Greets, Jeroen -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: Unfix PGP for Outlook Alpha 13 Int. Comment: Jeroen Massar / jeroen-LqLoW1FB7k/[email protected] / http://unfix.org/~jeroen/ iQA/AwUBP12dCymqKFIzPnwjEQLCxgCfeh/7MKVXp2zpsUSL7fdQDD7XHtYAoJJ/ aKqWhB/ge3GOo1UuIzAqiqf2 =bhoe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ global-v6 mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.apnic.net/mailman/listinfo/global-v6