Re: ARIN IPV4 Countdown

[Mark Andrews <marka () isc org>]

In message <55A5B873.5010602 () xyonet com>, Curtis Maurand writes:
> Since IPV6 does not have NAT, it's going to be difficult for the layman 
> to understand their firewall.  deployment of ipv4 is pretty simple.  
> ipv6 on the otherhand is pretty difficult at the network level.  yes, 
> all the clients get everything automatically except for the router/firewall.
>
> -C

Absolute garbage.  CPE already ship with basically the same controls
for IPv6 as for IPv4.  Default block in except reply traffic +
specified holes for services you want to open up to the world.  The
is same paradigm that has been in use in IPv4 for a years now.

Mark
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