as one who has been "bit" by this already - i can say amen to what Rob preacheth... the hardest part is getting folks up to speed on IPv6 as a threat vector. Swat teams that can neutralize an IPv4 based flareup in minutes/hours can take days/weeks to contain a v6 channel...
--bill On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 03:52:43PM -0600, Rob Thomas wrote: > > Hi, NANOGers. > > Folks who are considering or using IPv6 should know that the miscreants > are as well. There have been IPv6 bots and botnets. IPv6 based hosts > are regularly used as a bounce for IRC access. IPv6 DoS tools do exist. > Many of your monitoring tools choke on IPv6, or ignore it entirely. > > So while a new approach to security with IPv6 may be warranted, many of > the same old threats await you there. > > Thanks, > Rob. > -- > Rob Thomas > http://www.cymru.com > Shaving with Occam's razor since 1999.
