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Re: portsentry(1) and ipv6?



Hello,

12 sept. 2020 14:09:14 Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>:

> John Conover wrote:
>>
>> Does portsentry(1) make any sense in systems with ipv6 connectivity?
>>
> Yes and no. If you want to know that machines are scanning
> ports, yes. If you want to effectively block IPs, no.

Why would it not be able to block ipv6 addresses? Shouldn't a firewall rule work? Could you please elaborate or direct me to some explanatory webpage?

Thanks in advance!


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