On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Risker <risker...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 1 June 2012 17:12, Erik Moeller <e...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> June 6, 2012 is IPv6 Day ( http://www.worldipv6day.org/ ). The goal of >> this global event is to move more ISPs, equipment manufacturers and >> web services to permanent adoption of IPv6. >> >> We're planning to do limited production testing of IPv6 during the >> Berlin Hackathon 2012 (June 2-3). Provided that the number of issues >> we encounter are manageable, we may fully enable IPv6 on IPv6 day, and >> keep it enabled. >> >> MediaWiki has been used with IPv6 by third party wikis for some time. >> Wikimedia uses a set of additional features (GlobalBlocking, >> CheckUser, etc.) which weren't fully IPv6-ready until recently. In >> addition, we're working to ensure that all of Wikimedia's various >> services (mailing lists, blogs, etc.) are IPv6-ready. >> >> == What's the user impact going to be? == >> >> At least in the June 2-3, 2012 time window, you may see a small number >> of edits from IPv6 addresses, which are in the form >> "2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334". See [[w:IPv6 address]]. >> >> These addresses should behave as any other IP adress would: You can >> leave messages on their talk pages; you can track their contributions; >> you can block them. CIDR notation is supported for rangeblocks. >> >> An important note about blocking: A single user may have access to a >> much larger number of addresses than in the IPv4 model. This means >> that range blocks (e.g. address with "/64") have to be applied in more >> cases to prevent abuse by more sophisticated users. >> >> In the mid term, user scripts and tools that use simple regular >> expressions to match IPv4 addresses will need to be adapted for IPv6 >> support to behave correctly. We suspect that IPv6 usage is going to be >> very low initially, meaning that abuse should be manageable, and we >> will assist in the monitoring of the situation. >> >> User:Jasper Deng is maintaining a comprehensive analysis of the long >> term implications of the IPv6 migration here: >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jasper_Deng/IPv6 >> >> We've set up a test wiki where you can see IPv6 IP addresses. This >> works by assigning you a fake IPv6 address the moment you visit the >> wiki, and allows you to see the behavior of various tools with the new >> address format: >> http://ipv6test.wmflabs.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page >> >> The best way to report issues is to register them in Bugzilla and to >> ensure that they are marked as blockers for the IPv6 tracking bug: >> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35540 >> >> We'll post updates to wikitech-l and elsewhere as appropriate. >> >> All best, >> Erik >> >> > Erik, what time is this scheduled to go live? And on which projects? > Please be specific here. > > I am gravely concerned about the privacy issues that are attached to IPv6 > IP addresses, as they are in many cases almost personally identifying > information, something that is not permitted to be released under our > privacy policy. Have arrangements been made to hash these IP addresses to > prevent them from being publicly available? > > Risker/Anne > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
What personal information do you think is contained in an IPv6 address? -- John _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
