RE: [GLOBAL-V6]The list of current Issues in IPv6 Policy

["Jeroen Massar" <jeroen@unfix.org>]

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matthew.ford@bt.com [mailto:matthew.ford@bt.com] wrote:

> > > >   The single biggest real problem with Ipv6 is the privacy exposure
> > > > to the user.  When this problem is fixed or solved, Ipv6 will be
> > > > much more widely excepted.
> > >
> > > Could you elaborate on why IPv6 is exposes more of my privacy
> > > than IPv4 currently does?
> > 
> >   Yes. IPv6 in autoinstall does not allow for masking where IPv4
> > does, simply put.
> 
> er, yes it does. For example, WinXP uses RFC3041 privacy addresses *by
> default*.

I heared _rumors_ that upcoming Linux 2.6 kernels also did this btw.
I wonder what IPv4 has in it's advantage wrt to 'masking' whatever
that might be though, only masking I know of is masquerade and that
is a NAT function... yikes ;)

Greets,
 Jeroen

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