[184486] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: /27 the new /24
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sthaug@nethelp.no)
Sun Oct 4 10:41:25 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2015 16:41:20 +0200 (CEST)
To: mel@beckman.org
From: sthaug@nethelp.no
In-Reply-To: <C219DA8E-5C98-4FF8-9A76-27BA6FEC3522@beckman.org>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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> Keep in mind that IPv6 has IPSec VPN built into the protocol. It doesn't need to be in the router.
>
> Unlike IPv4, where the IPSec VPN protocol is an add-on, optional service, with IPv6 it's built into every device, because IPsec is a mandatory component for IPv6, and therefore, the IPsec security model is required to be supported for all IPv6 implementations.
If you really believe all IPv6 devices support IPsec, I can only
conclude that your IPv6 experience is limited...
Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
