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No firewall or opt-in firewall (which only a tiny fraction of people turn on) is pretty common for IPv6. It's also somewhat an open question whether router fire
by BlueTemplar 6y ago
No firewall or opt-in firewall (which only a tiny fraction of people turn on) is pretty common for IPv6. It's also somewhat an open question whether router firewalls are even a good idea on IPv6 (since the security advantages are not that certain, and it can prevent the adoption of new protocols).
- detaro 6y ago> pretty common for IPv6 Source? Every consumer router I've ever seen that supported IPv6 also had a firewall covering IPv6. Given the crapshot routers tend to be I wouldn't be surprised if some messed that up, but "pretty common" seems unlikely.
- BlueTemplar 6y agohttps://lafibre.info/ipv6/ipv6-le-firewall/ https://lafibre.info/ipv6/ipv6-le-firewall/ For context, Free recently boasted reaching 99% IPv6 coverage. On their (now) midrange Freebox Revolution router, the IPv6 firewall is (AFAIK still today) opt-in.
- detaro 6y agoUgh. Idiots. CPEs should default to firewall on.
- BlueTemplar 6y agoWell, OTOH, the fact that tens of millions of people have now been connected through firewall-free/disabled IPv6 for years, yet the (somewhat expected) disaster of widespread hacking/compromises clearly didn't happen... which could mean that this is not that critical of a security feature as could be expected ?