[140812] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Yahoo and IPv6
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Thu May 19 19:30:50 2011
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <4DD5A5F8.8060109@matthew.at>
Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 16:26:34 -0700
To: matthew@matthew.at
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>, Arie Vayner <ariev@vayner.net>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On May 19, 2011, at 4:21 PM, Matthew Kaufman wrote:
> On 5/9/2011 8:16 AM, Arie Vayner wrote:
>> What disturbs me is the piece saying "We recommend disabling
>> =
IPv6<http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=3DArHGqIAYvt_4fpp3N3vLzmNRJ3tG/SIG=3D11v=
v8jc1f/**http%3A//help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/ipv6/general/ipv6-09.html>
>> ", with a very easy link...
>=20
> And I was just sent this link from our very own NSA: =
http://www.nsa.gov/ia/_files/factsheets/macosx_10_6_hardeningtips.pdf
>=20
> Disable IPv6 and AirPort when Not Needed
> Open the Network pane in System Preferences. For every
> network interface listed:
> =95 If it is an AirPort interface but AirPort is not required,
> click "Turn AirPort off."
> =95 Click "Advanced." Click on the TCP/IP tab and set
> "Configure IPv6:" to "Off" if not needed. If it is an
> AirPort interface, click on the AirPort tab and enable
> "Disconnect when logging out."
>=20
> Matthew Kaufman
Proving that the NSA is behind the times like any other government =
institution. No real surprise.
Owen
