IPv6 end user addressing

Thu Aug 11 18:26:43 UTC 2011

On 08/11/2011 11:18 AM, Owen DeLong wrote:
> On Aug 11, 2011, at 10:41 AM, sthaug at nethelp.no wrote:
>
>    
>>>> And your average home user, whose WiFi network is an open network named
>>>> "linksys" is going to do that how?
>>>>          
>>> Because the routers that come on pantries and refrigerators will probably be
>>> made by people smarter than the folks at Linksys?
>>>        
>> One could argue that routing and access control is even less of a core
>> business feature for pantry and refrigerator manufacturers than it is
>> for Linksys. So I wouldn't rule this out - but I'm definitely in the
>> sceptical camp.
>>
>> Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no
>>      
> Let's face it... CPE security needs are going to be radically different and consumer
> expectations are going to rise quickly in this area with IPv6.
>
> I suspect both refrigerator/pantry makers _AND_ Linksys et. al. will be forced
> to adapt.
>    

Radically? How so? I have little confidence that the urge to do as little
as possible about security is going to change just because of IPv6. The
goal of router manufacturers is to turn a profit, not save the world.

Mike