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Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls
From: William Herrin <bill () herrin us>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 14:20:20 -0400
On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Simon Perreault <simon () per reau lt> wrote:
IMHO, what the IETF can do is recommend a set of behavioural traits that make IPv6 firewalls behave like good citizens in the Internet ecosystem. Meaning that a firewall that obeys those requirements will not break the Internet. For example, passing ICMPv6 Too Big messages is important to not break the Internet.
That would either be a very short document or a document so ideologically loaded that it has no technical utility. The Internet is pretty resilient. There isn't much a firewall can do to break it. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William D. Herrin ................ herrin () dirtside com bill () herrin us 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004
Current thread:
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls, (continued)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Eugeniu Patrascu (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls William Herrin (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Timothy Morizot (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Mike Hale (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Simon Perreault (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls William Herrin (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Simon Perreault (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Mike Hale (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls William Herrin (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Simon Perreault (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls William Herrin (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Simon Perreault (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls William Herrin (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Simon Perreault (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Jim Clausing (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Eugeniu Patrascu (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Dobbins, Roland (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Jeff Kell (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Dobbins, Roland (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Jeff Kell (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Dobbins, Roland (Apr 18)