[170038] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: misunderstanding scale
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Timothy Morizot)
Sun Mar 23 17:27:43 2014
In-Reply-To: <532F0B02.7090208@mykolab.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 16:27:16 -0500
From: Timothy Morizot <tmorizot@gmail.com>
To: Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster@mykolab.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Mar 23, 2014 11:27 AM, "Paul Ferguson" <fergdawgster@mykolab.com> wrote:
> Also, IPv6 introduces some serious security concerns, and until they
> are properly addressed, they will be a serious barrier to even
> considering it.
And that is pure FUD. The sorts of security risks with IPv6 are mostly in
the same sorts of categories as those with IPv4 and have appropriate
mitigations available. Moreover, by not enabling and controlling IPv6 on
their networks, an operator is actually markedly more vulnerable to IPv6
attacks, not less.
Scott
