Hi,
On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 09:53:35PM -0500, Rama Darbha wrote:
> When I first read this, I immediately agreed that performing a
> brute-force attach on a /64 network would be infeasible. But then I
> started to reflect on why it would be so infeasible? Computers are
> getting faster, and NICs have more capacity, so their ability to create
> faster mappings scales in relation. Do we have current research numbers
> to state how long it takes to do a brute force scan of a /64?
Basic math. If you can send 1000 packets/sec without being noticed,
scanning 2^64 addresses will take about 584942417 *years*.
If you can send a million packets/sec, it will only take 584942 years,
though...
Gert Doering
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have you enabled IPv6 on something today...?
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