IPv6 could change things - Was: DMCA takedowns of networks

Tue Oct 27 14:20:52 UTC 2009

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Michael Dillon
<wavetossed at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> But, when IPv6 is a bit more common, there is no need for  virtual
> hosters to share
> a single IP address between several sites. They may as well use a
> unique IPv6 address
> for every single site, even if they are all on the same server. The
> side effect of this is
> that it makes the network operator's tool sharper, and able to knock
> down single sites
> with a /32 ACL.
>
> For a hosting provider, I would think that this strengthens the
> business case for IPv6.

But do the commonly-used operating systems support adding hundreds or
thousands of addresses to an interface, and what would the performance
implications be?

-- 
Jeff Ollie