Thanks! I always like to get different perspectives on how people do things. 
That is the same with many of my customer environments.




> On May 23, 2019, at 3:16 PM, Sallee, Jake via PacketFence-users 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Out of curiosity, how are you prevent IPv6 addresses from flowing? Is this 
>> at the router/L3 switch or firewall level?
>
> That's a good question!
>
> The answer is both firewall and L3.
>
> I have lots of internal vlans ... like ... a lot.  So, so many ... I may have 
> a psychological problem.
>
> All my vlan interfaces do not have IPv6 addresses and the switches and 
> routers will not forward v6 packets (I'm not running an IPv6 capable routing 
> protocol).  All modern OSes will tunnel your IPv6 over IPv4 (windows does 
> this by default IIRC) but that is a 6to4 gateway and brings the conversation 
> full circle.
>
> I also run a cluster of internal segmentation firewalls which do not permit 
> IPv6 to pass through them.
>
> So IPv6 is dropped either at the router or FW if it is seen by them, and if 
> the OS tunnels IPv6 through a v4 connection that is no different than regular 
> traffic.
>
> Bada-bing bada-boom! No IPv6 for you!
>
> Jake Sallee
> Godfather of Bandwidth
> System Engineer
> University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
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>
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> ________________________________________
> From: Louis Scaringella <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2019 2:07 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: Sallee, Jake
> Subject: Re: [PacketFence-users] NAC bypass
>
> EXTERNAL Exercise Caution
>
> Out of curiosity, how are you prevent IPv6 addresses from flowing? Is this at 
> the router/L3 switch or firewall level?
>
> What about non-routable link local addresses?
>
>
>
>> On May 23, 2019, at 1:21 PM, Sallee, Jake via PacketFence-users 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Max:
>>
>> This strikes me as an uninformed opinion.
>>
>> While a lot of tools don't speak IPv6, very little of the world runs IPv6 
>> ... even though its over a decade old. Most IPv6 providers run an IPv6to4 
>> gateway and technically all IPv6 traffic will run through a 6to4 gateway 
>> somewhere or else they would not have access to traditional IPv4 networks 
>> ... AKA the bulk of the internet.
>>
>> Once your traffic has gone through the gateway it is essentially classic 
>> IPv4 and thus is readable by all those tools you were trying to avoid.
>>
>> In my network IPv6 flat doesn't work.  If you have your computer configured 
>> with an IPv6 address your traffic will not flow ... at all.  So ... problem 
>> solved : )
>>
>> Also, plenty of "defensive" tools support IPv6.  My NSM distro of choice is 
>> SecurityOnion and it fully supports IPv6.
>>
>> As a final note I would hold anyone under strict suspicion who says they can 
>> move around a network undetected.  You may go unnoticed for a number of 
>> reasons, but it is *literally* impossible to be undetectable on a network.  
>> And, if the network team wants to find you bad enough, they will.  Trust me.
>>
>> Jake Sallee
>> Godfather of Bandwidth
>> System Engineer
>> University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
>> http://WWW.UMHB.EDU
>>
>> 900 College St.
>> Belton, Texas
>> 76513
>>
>> Fone: 254-295-4658
>> Phax: 254-295-4221
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Max McGrath via PacketFence-users 
>> <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2019 12:08 PM
>> To: ML PF
>> Cc: Max McGrath
>> Subject: [PacketFence-users] NAC bypass
>>
>> EXTERNAL Exercise Caution
>> Hello -
>>
>> I've been looking into NAC Bypass lately and came across the following:
>>
>> Most defensive tools exclusively look at IPv4 addresses. Forcing traffic 
>> over IPv6 yields a high chance you will go undetected and be unchallenged.
>>
>> Would this be true in PacketFence, or would it depend on my specific 
>> configuration?
>>
>> Max
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