Re: IPv6 in Debian
On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 11:26:20AM -0700, Mike Bird wrote:
> I would add only one point to Tomas Pospisek's excellent
> analysis. Without diligent precautions, IPv6 is horribly
> insecure. You thought your firewall protected you, but
> now "apt-get dist-upgrade" will open your protected apps
> to the outside world.
No. You need to configure ipv6 connectivity also. And a packetfilter
which works as "drop something, accept the rest" are known as
problematic anyway.
Bastian
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