Sonic.net IPv6 / 6RD Details?

[Guest]

IPv6 stories
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comc ... ear-126819
http://www.worldipv6launch.org/measurements/

http://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/

[digitalbitstream]

IPv6 addressing. Eventually there will be no more v4 addresses, and it will be important to be able to "speak" IPv6.

Eventually. But we've got a way to go before any major website or consumer facing will be ipv6 only.
I hope that Sonic's ipv6 will come with a strong firewall, given the apparent loss of the protection offered by NAT.

[kgc]

Yes, we were just talking about that this AM in fact. Our leased equipment will support stateful v6 firewalling out of the box - although I don't have any additional details at this time.

[dane]

This is a really good point. If you were to configure IPv6 6RD on a router which did not incorporate stateful firewalling, this would open up a security risk.

This was an important part of our config, firewalling is critical for customer protection.

[polpo]

Reminds me of the ASUS RT-N66U I have. Until recently, there was no firewall on IPv6 at all. I think they finally rolled out a firmware update that enables the firewall.