Re: [ipv6] World IPv6 Launch Day: A Security Risk?
On the residential side there is definitely some truth to that, most home gateways provide minimal if any security support for IPv6. With that said, due to the natural of the IPv6 address space and the fact that most services are not enabled for Internet connections by default I would like to think the actual impact will be minimal.
People are not going to "audit" their computers and ever growing number of non-computer gadgets for security. I hope gateway manufacturers realize this and start to implement better security for the IPv6 side of the house.
After Apple's snafu back in 2007 with allowing incoming IPv6 by default (»arstechnica.com/apple/20 ··· 02/7063/), it seems like most manufacturers have gotten on board with the same allow-all-out-block-all-in stateful policy for IPv4 and IPv6.
