Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2016-05-26 08:27, Per Jessen wrote:
Dave Howorth wrote:
To me, one of the advantages of NAT is that it makes it more difficult to attack my machines because they can't be addressed.
Yes, NAT implicitly prevents that, and with IPv6 your firewall will still do so. Even without one, anyone attempting to gain access will have an impossible job to do - you will (typically) have a /64 network, a mind-boggling 18'446'744'073'709'551'616 addresses.
But a rogue web server would know the address and run an attack on it. Also, we can find the IP on mails.
What is a "rogue webserver" ? As for finding addresses in mails, they are typically random. By default in openSUSE. See "IPv6 privacy extensions". -- Per Jessen, Zürich (22.1°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free dynamic DNS, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org