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pk1966 · 01-10-2019, 08:49 AM

Thanks for your view (and apologies for taking this further off topic)

I don't necessarily agree that IPv6 has poorer security, just different issues to IPv4 - the main problem lies in where IPv6 is just turned on without proper configuration. I do accept that enabling both protocols does expose a higher risk given the code behind each is different and therefore they have different vulnerabilities.

I took the decision to adopt IPv6 to be future-ready but as some devices, ISPs and even some household-name cloud infra providers are lagging behind on its adoption, I want to offer both until I can eventually turn off IPv4.

My internet gateway has separate firewall rules for IPv4 and IPv6, so only the devices and ports I choose are accessible from the Internet.

01-10-2019, 08:49 AM	#5
pk1966 Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2019 Device: Kindle	Thanks for your view (and apologies for taking this further off topic) I don't necessarily agree that IPv6 has poorer security, just different issues to IPv4 - the main problem lies in where IPv6 is just turned on without proper configuration. I do accept that enabling both protocols does expose a higher risk given the code behind each is different and therefore they have different vulnerabilities. I took the decision to adopt IPv6 to be future-ready but as some devices, ISPs and even some household-name cloud infra providers are lagging behind on its adoption, I want to offer both until I can eventually turn off IPv4. My internet gateway has separate firewall rules for IPv4 and IPv6, so only the devices and ports I choose are accessible from the Internet.