On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Kurtis Lindqvist wrote:
> > <censored> fears abuse as a hardware ID wired into the ipv6 protocol can > > be used to determine the manufacturer, make and model number, and value > > of the hardware equipment being used by the end user. > ...uhm, and? What is the real difference with a IPv4 address and privacy? The difference is that someone using a dynamic IP address is still recognizable by the lower 64 bits of their dynamic address because this part is always the same. (But cookies do the same thing.) > You can tell as much (more or less) with a port scan to a IPv4 > address... How can I recognize someone by doing a portscan?
