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Re:The FBI Says How It ‘Legally’ Pinpointed Silk Road’s Server by Scoundreller on Saturday September 06, 2014 @01:50PM (#8278943)
I suppose running a service on IPv6 only would make it a lot harder to track down.
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Re:The FBI Says How It ‘Legally’ Pinpointed Silk Road’s Server by stephen_g on Sunday September 07, 2014 @09:07AM (#8281007)
Only if you're trying to scan the entire address space.

For an attack like the one used here (where they found the IP) then there is no difference.

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