[112035] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IPv6 Confusion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan Ward)
Wed Feb 18 15:45:48 2009
From: Nathan Ward <nanog@daork.net>
To: nanog list <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <20090218203406.GB4391@ussenterprise.ufp.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:44:38 +1300
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On 19/02/2009, at 9:34 AM, Leo Bicknell wrote:
> Allowing an UNAUTHENTICATED BROADCAST packet to determine where you
> send
> your traffic is insane. Rather than moving forward, this is a
> giantantic step backwards for security and reliability.
I guess you don't use DHCP in IPv4 then.
It seems there are lots of people who want auto configuration in IPv6
but who clearly do not do this in IPv4. That seems strange, to me.
--
Nathan Ward
