Starting January 1, 2020, Belarusian ISPs will have to enable IPv6 support for all customer connections.
Source: Belarus becomes first country to make IPv6 mandatory for ISPs | ZDNet
Tag: IPv6
David Holder – An Overview of IPv6 Security
UKNOF42 - An Overview of IPv6 Security
Speaker: Dr David Holder (Erion Ltd)
http://uknof.uk/42/Security is one of the most crucial factors in modern networks. Network operators are painfully aware of this. IPv6 brings new challenges, features and opportunities for network security.
This presentation provides a comprehensive overview of IPv6 security, why it needs to be taken seriously, how it differs from IPv4, the problems it presents and current IPv6 security techniques and best practice.
As IPv6 becomes more widespread, no one interested in network security or network forensics can afford to ignore security IPv6
Similar feeling when you get told to disable #IPv6 for our services to work
https://twitter.com/cctv_idiots/status/1173211202442412038
IPv6 Buzz 035: Selling Your IPv4 Addresses For Fun And Profit – Packet Pushers
Your IPv4 addresses are a financial asset because the market for v4 address space is rising. The question is, for how long? Guest Lee Howard joins the IPv6 Buzz podcast crew to discuss the financial implications of selling IPv4 addresses. They also discuss the performance and operational benefits of moving to IPv6.
Source: IPv6 Buzz 035: Selling Your IPv4 Addresses For Fun And Profit – Packet Pushers
Linux Kernel 5.3 Officially Released – Now, it has support for 16 millions new IPv4 addresses in the 0.0.0.0/8 range – ipv6
Ubisoft Support ‘Have you disabled IPv6 today?’
Have you tried disabling your IPv6 yet?
Not an impressive sentence… If that is the current status of networking at Ubisoft. 😐
Once they said they had no plans of supporting IPv6 soon, I took my business elsewhere : ipv6
Nanog76: IPv4 prisoner
20190610_Howard_Prisoner_Of_Ipv4_v1.pdf
Video will be up in a week, I’m sure.
Summary:
ISPs are motivated to promote IPv6 to avoid CGN.Content providers are motivated to promote IPv6 because it’s faster, and faster means (they say) they increase user engagement/sales/ad views.
So e-commerce sites should dual-stack and only sell IPv6 capable equipment. Maybe ISPs can test it for them.
If everyone works together, everyone can make more money. Complementary blog post with more detail at www.retevia.net/prisoner