[GTALUG] IPv4 Fraudsters

[Giles Orr]

On 22 June 2016 at 17:19, James Knott via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
> On 06/22/2016 04:24 PM, Christopher Browne wrote:
>> But I'd like to do better than that; my Debian instances would be
>> decently happy speaking IPv6, I think, and probably my Android
>> devices, too.
>
> Yep, Linux has supported IPv6 for years, Windows since XP SP3, Android &
> iOS phones and tablets all support IPv6.  In fact, I have been running
> IPv6 on my home network for 6 years.  Initially I used a 6in4 tunnel to
> a tunnel broker, but now I'm getting native IPv6 from Rogers.  One thing
> to watch for is dhcpv6-pd, which is how some ISPs, including Rogers,
> hand out prefixes.  I had been using openSUSE for my firewall/router,
> but it didn't support dhcpv6-pd, so I switched to pfsense, which does.
>
> BTW, "prefix" is the IPv6 term for subnet.  So, Rogers hands out /64
> prefixes, which provide 2^64 addresses.  My tunnel gave me a /56 prefix
> or 2^72 addresses.
>
> IPv6 generally works the same as IPv4, other than the longer address,
> but there are some differences, such as fixed length headers and
> extension headers vs variable length headers in IPv4.
>
> A good reference is IPv6 essentials:
> http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920023432.do
>
> It's also currently available on Google Play for $14.74 (U.S.):
> https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Silvia_Hagen_IPv6_Essentials?id=BonGAwAAQBAJ

I seem to recall we had an overview talk about IPv6 some years ago.
It may be time for a practical "how to convert your home to IPv6 right
now (with the least pain)" talk.  This is my vote in favour of such a
thing!

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Giles
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