[111657] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: v6 & DSL / Cable modems [was: Private use of non-RFC1918 IP space
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (TJ)
Mon Feb 9 22:25:26 2009
From: "TJ" <trejrco@gmail.com>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <4990E8A9.6040203@brightok.net>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 22:25:17 -0500
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
>> When the compliance explicitly requires something they are required to
>> check for it, they don't have the option of ignoring or waving
>requirements ...
>> and off the top of my head I don't recall if it is SOX that calls for
>> RFC1918 explicitly but I know there are some that do.
>
>I believe that RFC1918 space won't be a requirement for IPv6. I'm pretty
>sure the requirements will change as the addressing changes. Of course, I'm
>sure you will have a lot of NEW requirements. :)
But that is the problem - it doesn't say "You must use RFC1918 for IPv4" ...
it just says "You must use RFC1918".
Meaning, you must not run IPv6. And some regulations do not mention/address
IPv6 at all. Silence != security.
