Re: 2.4 and full ipv6 - will it happen?

Bernd Eckenfels (ecki-news2002-08@lina.inka.de)
Thu, 22 Aug 2002 20:26:49 +0200


In article <Pine.LNX.4.44.0208220009110.3234-100000@hawkeye.luckynet.adm> you wrote:
> Well, it's not too easy any more to say "I am the Alan Cox client. Send me
> naked children." If you were ever hit by that or similar, you'd certainly
> think differently, once you've seen that these "tools" for IPv4 are
> mainstream, while the tools for IPv6 are rather rare,

do you mean ipspoofing tools for v4 are mainstream and for v6 are not, thats
why v6 is more secure?

v6 isnt more secure than v4, and i suspect ipsec is more widely used in v4
than in v6, and i doubt it will ever be used on default.

Greetings
Bernd
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