Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls

Mon Apr 21 09:03:55 UTC 2014

Hi, Brandon,

On 04/17/2014 08:20 PM, Brandon Ross wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Apr 2014, Sander Steffann wrote:
> 
>>> Also, I note your draft is entitled "Requirements for IPv6 Enterprise
>>> Firewalls." Frankly, no "enterprise" firewall will be taken seriously
>>> without address-overloaded NAT. I realize that's a controversial
>>> statement in the IPv6 world but until you get past it you're basically
>>> wasting your time on a document which won't be useful to industry.
>>
>> I disagree. While there certainly will be organisations that want such
>> a 'feature' it is certainly not a requirement for every (I hope most,
>> but I might be optimistic) enterprises.
> 
> And I not only agree with Sander, but would also argue for a definitive
> statement in a document like this SPECIFICALLY to help educate the
> enterprise networking community on how to implement a secure border for
> IPv6 without the need for NAT.  Having a document to point at that has
> been blessed by the IETF/community is key to helping recover the
> end-to-end principle.  Such a document may or may not be totally in
> scope for a "firewall" document, but should talk about concepts like
> default-deny inbound traffic, stateful inspection and the use of address
> space that is not announced to the Internet and/or is completely blocked
> at borders for all traffic.

Are you argung against of e.g. "default-deny inbound traffic"?

Thanks,
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