Comments on: Thoughts on IPv6 http://www.seanrees.com/2009/06/20/thoughts-on-ipv6/ Musings from a Software Development Geek. Sun, 10 Oct 2010 11:30:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: sjmitchell http://www.seanrees.com/2009/06/20/thoughts-on-ipv6/comment-page-1/#comment-11842 sjmitchell Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:25:26 +0000 http://www.seanrees.com/?p=629#comment-11842 Fact is, hiding behind NAT and the implicit firewall provides some much needed security to today's average home owner. Imagine if my TiVo was publicly addressable.. What obscure vulnerabilities exist that today can go unnoticed to me and to TiVo? I'm not saying it's a bad thing--but it's a different thing that will require a new level of device hardening than we need today. NAT and the home firewall provide a crutch that is going to go away once IPv6 becomes the norm. Fact is, hiding behind NAT and the implicit firewall provides some much needed security to today’s average home owner. Imagine if my TiVo was publicly addressable.. What obscure vulnerabilities exist that today can go unnoticed to me and to TiVo?

I’m not saying it’s a bad thing–but it’s a different thing that will require a new level of device hardening than we need today. NAT and the home firewall provide a crutch that is going to go away once IPv6 becomes the norm.

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