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Re:IPv6 Is a Nightmare by redis_mlc on Thursday November 05, 2020 @01:04AM (#24996012)
If you're concerned about security, yeah I would disable IPv6.

Until all firewall and router mfgs. re-QA every little feature added for IPv6, you don't really know what your equipment is doing.

Re:IPv6 Is a Nightmare by josho on Thursday November 05, 2020 @10:15AM (#24998916)
To provide a data point to your assertion my brand new tp-link wifi router has a setting for ipv6 firewall, but it does nothing. Yes all my home devices are exposed to the public internet. Yikes!

The tech support team even confirmed that ipv6 firewall support is coming ‘soon’.

Meanwhile my ASUS router’s ipv6 support is broken as well for dns configuration.

So, yeh it is still early days for consumer ipv6 adoption.

Re:IPv6 Is a Nightmare by redis_mlc on Thursday November 05, 2020 @02:38PM (#25001216)
Thanks for the consumer datapoints. I don't expect much from consumer networking gear, good to see I won't be disappointed.

I was actually referring to rack gear, but hey.

Re:IPv6 Is a Nightmare by redis_mlc on Thursday November 05, 2020 @05:03AM (#24996946)
Can somebody explain what the downvotes are for?

Are you IPv6 fanbois?

Have you audited all the firmware and software on your firewalls and routers?

Re:IPv6 Is a Nightmare by alphager on Thursday November 05, 2020 @05:25AM (#24997064)
Have you audited the IPv4-codepaths?

Your comment contained no information above "I don't trust it".

Re:IPv6 Is a Nightmare by redis_mlc on Thursday November 05, 2020 @02:34PM (#25001183)
> Have you audited the IPv4-codepaths?

Are you for real?

There's been decades of production experience with IPv4 and does mostly what's expected.

Of course IPv6 shouldn't be trusted.

New software has bugs. That applies doubly for networking code.

Get your fuzzers started ...