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Re: IPv6, IPSEC and deep packet inspection


From: "Stephen Sprunk" <stephen () sprunk org>
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 22:42:17 -0600


Thus spake <bmanning () vacation karoshi com>

as one who has been "bit" by this already - i can say amen to
what Rob preacheth...  the hardest part is getting folks up to
speed on IPv6 as a threat vector.

Are there any layman-readable presentations or whitepapers out there that
discuss what _new_ threat vectors IPv6 brings?  Or how firewall or ACL
tuning might be different?

Swat teams that can neutralize an IPv4 based flareup in minutes/
hours can take days/weeks to contain a v6 channel...

The thing about that is that, if IPv6 is identified as the channel, it's
still quite possible to shut down IPv6 connectivity until you figure out how
to fix things.  After all, there's nothing significant out there yet on v6
that can't be reached with v4...

S

Stephen Sprunk        "Stupid people surround themselves with smart
CCIE #3723           people.  Smart people surround themselves with
K5SSS         smart people who disagree with them."  --Aaron Sorkin


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