Re:Why is IPv6 so complicated?
by Dagger2 on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @04:30PM
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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.
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.