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posted by janrinok on Monday August 03 2015, @10:16AM   Printer-friendly
from the theory-meet-the-real-world dept.

Address exhaustion is finally about to make us all take IPv6 seriously.

I know the theory; heck, I've even taught the theory in networking courses. What I would like to find - and haven't - is a source of practical information for introducing IPv6 into a network. How should the firewall be set up? What does Apache need, to make a website IPv6 accessible? What about HTTPS? SSH? DNS? What are the security gotchas? Hands-on, practical stuff.

I've looked around for online courses - I've even completed one. Unfortunately, the information was pathetic; I'm not sure I actually learned anything useful. There must be good sources out there. Any Soylentils have recommendations?


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  • (Score: 2) by Nollij on Tuesday August 04 2015, @06:11AM

    by Nollij (4559) on Tuesday August 04 2015, @06:11AM (#217790)

    You must not be very well-versed in the nuances of the change. Yes, to an end-user on an iDevice, who is not concerned with security/privacy, that's all there is.

    Have you noticed how many security holes have been published recently where the fix/workaround is "Disable IPv6"? Or services that just don't respond properly without extensive configuration? (I personally have experienced SCCM not cooperating with IPv6. IPv4 worked out of the box)

    Right now, I have IPv6 disabled on my home network due to security concerns when using a VPN 1 [theregister.co.uk] . I'm sure I could resolve them, but it's far more complex than just enabling the IPv6 stack.

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