From: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Bernd Eckenfels <ecki-news2002-08@lina.inka.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.4 and full ipv6 - will it happen?
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 20:19:37 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020822201937.G9153@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E17hwfR-0005A5-00@sites.inka.de>; from ecki-news2002-08@lina.inka.de on Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 08:26:49PM +0200
On Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 08:26:49PM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
> v6 isnt more secure than v4, and i suspect ipsec is more widely used in v4
> than in v6, and i doubt it will ever be used on default.
Remember also that our v6 firewall infrastructure isn't as advanced as
its v4 counterpart. v6 connection tracking? sorry, we don't have that.
IMHO v6 firewalling code is currently where the 2.2 kernels are.
(Disclaimer: I'm not going to get into a discussion about the advantages /
disadvantages of connection tracking wrt security.)
--
Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux
http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-08-22 19:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-08-19 4:39 2.4 and full ipv6 - will it happen? Tomasz Torcz, BG
2002-08-19 4:37 ` David S. Miller
2002-08-19 5:16 ` Tomasz Torcz, BG
2002-08-19 5:12 ` David S. Miller
2002-08-19 23:34 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-08-19 23:23 ` David S. Miller
2002-08-19 23:49 ` Daniel Berlin
2002-08-19 23:54 ` Alan Cox
2002-08-20 0:32 ` Rik van Riel
2002-08-20 13:54 ` kuznet
2002-08-20 6:56 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-08-21 20:24 ` Kelsey Hudson
2002-08-21 21:31 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2002-08-21 21:44 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-08-21 22:03 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2002-08-21 23:13 ` Russell King
2002-08-22 0:05 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2002-08-22 6:08 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-08-26 18:55 ` Kelsey Hudson
2002-08-26 19:44 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2002-08-26 21:51 ` Michael H. Warfield
2002-08-26 23:48 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2002-08-27 16:07 ` Michael H. Warfield
2002-08-28 19:14 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2002-08-29 2:05 ` Michael H. Warfield
2002-08-29 18:47 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2002-08-21 22:08 ` Alan Cox
2002-08-22 6:12 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-08-22 12:27 ` Rik van Riel
2002-08-22 18:22 ` Alan Cox
2002-08-22 18:26 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2002-08-22 19:19 ` Russell King [this message]
2002-09-12 15:06 ` Petr Baudis
2002-09-13 1:47 ` David S. Miller
2002-08-19 7:27 ` Chris Wedgwood
2002-08-19 12:25 ` Alan Cox
2002-08-19 22:39 ` Kelsey Hudson
2002-08-20 6:17 ` Val Henson
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2002-08-19 23:56 Leif Sawyer
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