Leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoNew UEFI vulnerabilities send firmware devs industry wide scramblingarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1173arrow-down12
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minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·6 months agoTo expand on this, we have functionally ran out of IPv4 addresses. Meaning IPv6 addresses are required.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoNot only that, but ipv6 makes networking easier and less complicated. No longer, needing port forwarding or NAT, amongst other improvements
minus-squareBlackmist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoIt’s that necessarily a good thing? I remember suddenly needing a firewall on my PC back in the days of the Blaster worm. Do we really want all those crappy IoT devices open on all ports to the general internet?
minus-squarePlopp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·6 months agoI’d be fucked if I had to deal with IPv6 at home. Give me NAT, port forwarding and a dynamic public address that changes.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoSlaac does everything for you. You get dynamic public addresses that change (you can disable if you please). Nothing to deal with, just open a firewall port if you want to receive traffic
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·6 months agoOnly for the internet, not private space
To expand on this, we have functionally ran out of IPv4 addresses. Meaning IPv6 addresses are required.
Not only that, but ipv6 makes networking easier and less complicated. No longer, needing port forwarding or NAT, amongst other improvements
It’s that necessarily a good thing?
I remember suddenly needing a firewall on my PC back in the days of the Blaster worm.
Do we really want all those crappy IoT devices open on all ports to the general internet?
I’d be fucked if I had to deal with IPv6 at home. Give me NAT, port forwarding and a dynamic public address that changes.
Slaac does everything for you. You get dynamic public addresses that change (you can disable if you please). Nothing to deal with, just open a firewall port if you want to receive traffic
Only for the internet, not private space