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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, August 14 2012 @ 06:10 AM EDT |
Oh noes. The sky is falling! Everything being connected to the internet will
mean that we actually have to have proper security for our computers. People
might even need to learn that it's not just a magic box.
Time to kick the most insecure OS off the internet, methinks. That would
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, August 14 2012 @ 07:06 AM EDT |
They should be more worried about global cooling up in the
frozen tundra of Canada than cyber criminals invading their
cyberspace. But hey.... it's called JOB SECURITY in this case![ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: JamesK on Tuesday, August 14 2012 @ 08:59 AM EDT |
It's curious they make those claims, without providing supporting evidence. How
is IPv6 supposed to make a computer more vulnerable? As always, a firewall is
essential, but just making something reachable does not automatically cause
problems. There are a couple of features in IPv6 that make it more secure, such
as mandatory IPSec support. It's also much harder to even find a target, due to
the absolutely huge address space. Also, modern operating systems can use
random numbers as part of the address when originating a connection. A static
address, based on the MAC would only be used if you want to be able to reach a
device from elsewhere.
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