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Re:Why is IPv6 so complicated? by mittensc on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @03:33PM (#47853444)
> If you assume that having the appropriate firewall rule to do that is the default

That's the thing, it's not the default, default is public ipv6 for everyone and its the users duty to configure firewall...

I could definitely set this up easily, someone like my parents or friends would ask me 'what's IPv6?'

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Re:Why is IPv6 so complicated? by Dagger2 on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @04:30PM (#47854142)
Ah, okay. In that case v4 doesn't have a firewall by default either.

That's precisely why routers come configured with a firewall that blocks inbound connections from the WAN -- because the protocol itself doesn't have a firewall by default, and neither does NAT.

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