-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hans Witvliet wrote:
On Sun, 2010-06-06 at 12:13 +0100, G T Smith wrote:
For legacy hardware there is third party firmware that provides IPv6 support. BTW The kit is produced by a few manufactures (and possibly re-badged) to a cheap and cheerful spec, and not normally by the ISP itself.
Can't imagine hardware that's too old be able to run V6...
I have some hardware that has no IPv6 support in the current installed firmware (which is not that old, however I also know there is third party firmware that is available which will give IPv6 support if required, so I am unlikely to purchase new hardware that does have the support which some manufacturers would prefer me to do ).
Try and explain how to perform the above to the average home user :-)
Well, some ISP's teach their customers the hardway:
I heard from someone using vista, who had a malfunctioning cable modem. After complaining about it, he got a new one (doing DOCSIS-3)
He noticed that he got from his ISP directly, both a V4 AND a V6 address, without even being told about the possibility! Great fun for those having their firewall neatly configured for IPv4, and finding out that IPv6 is wide open -;))
So the lesson for lot's of people: even if you're not using (knowingly) IPv6, configure your firewall for it.
Hmm... this not so much a lesson but a failure of service. How many consumer users are actually able to discover this, let alone understand the implications. - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwLv9gACgkQasN0sSnLmgJYGACfUS7F3pQUr8u4LFaCiFLOAD/V YQEAoJdutYcxQIuu7v6vm+WcbO9mjsyy =emWK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org