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Re: AWS and IPv6


From: Tom Hill <tom () ninjabadger net>
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2021 12:57:35 +0000

On 29/11/2021 02:23, William Herrin wrote:
This technique does in fact work for IPv6, allowing you to insert a
firewall at the edge. Interestingly though, it won't receive IPv6
packets for an address that isn't attached to a running instance in
the interior subnet.

That sounds remarkably sensible given that the AWS customer base will be
dipping their toes into the world of IPv6 very cautiously.

(No good for a honeypot, but we have many other means for that.)

-- 
Tom


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