Linda Walsh wrote:
Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
That is the purpose of a firewall.
Speaking of which...how do exsiting ipv4 firewalls interact with IPV6?
Many of the ipv6 solutions I see use ipv4 some for of encapsulation to get across "ipv6-dead zones".
So isn't that an open path into your network if your firewall is ipv4 only? Or are all firewalls easily upgraded to ipv6?...
I'm a bit unclear on this -- seems like opening ipv6 inside my ipv4 network is a potentially large and "unmonitorable" security hole, since I can't even see the address as the firewall.
Even WinSP3 when it comes up appears to try to connect to MS ipv6 registration services through my existing ipv4 http proxy!... I shut that down, not knowing exactly what it was doing, but not feeling comfortable, just the same.
This would appear to require buying all new (read, '*expensive*, if it includes IPV6, because it is not 'required' nor the 'norm' -- mostly likely) firewall hardware. Has anyone had any experience in this area?
-linda While I haven't used OpenSUSE's firewall with IPv6, virtual NICs, such as VPN or tunnel endpoints can be seen as just another NIC that the firewall works with.
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