IPv6 - real vs theoretical problems

Dobbins, Roland rdobbins at arbor.net
Sat Jan 8 01:06:56 UTC 2011


On Jan 8, 2011, at 5:44 AM, Owen DeLong wrote:

> You say dogma, I say mythology.

Concur 100%.

> Stateful inspection provides security.

To clarify, stateful inspection only provides security in a context where there's state to inspect - i.e., at the southernmost end of access networks, directly in front of machines which are serving as client workstations.  

In all other contexts, such as in front of servers and in the middle of access networks, stateful inspection has no security benefit whatsoever, and is actually quite harmful, with a hugely negative effect on security.

;>

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