Re: Pointer for documentation on actually delivering IPv6

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

On Dec 7, 2010, at 6:05 AM, Chuck Anderson wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 08:18:31AM -0500, david raistrick wrote:
> > On Mon, 6 Dec 2010, Owen DeLong wrote:
> >
> > > Seriously, though, you're welcome to use fd00::/8 for exactly that  
> > > purpose. The problem is that you (and hopefully it stays this way) 
> > > won't have much luck finding a vendor that will provide the NAT for you 
> > > to do it with.
> >
> > [with my flame-retardant hat installed firmly]
> >
> > So what's the IPV6 solution for PCI compliance, where 1.3.8 requires the  
> > use of RFC1918 space?  Admitedly, it's been a year or two since I last 
> > had to engineer around that particular set of rules...but it's life or 
> > death for a lot of folks.
>
> Simple.  Use RFC1918 IPv4 along side global IPv6 addresses.  Done :-)

1.      PCI allows for equivalent effective security. IPv6 privacy addresses
        actually meet that test, among other possible solutions.

2.      I believe there is work underway to correct some of the specious
        requirements in PCI DSS, among which this is one.

Owen