TZUTC: -0400
MSGID: 167.fidonet_ipv6@1:142/103 25ac6c65
REPLY: 2:280/5555 61464f9e
PID: Synchronet 3.18a-Linux  Aug 23 2020 GCC 6.3.0
TID: SBBSecho 3.11-Linux r3.177 Aug 23 2020 GCC 6.3.0
CHRS: ASCII 1
Hello Michiel;

-=> Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Brian Rogers <=-

 MvV> There I only partly agree. Sure, many things are the same or similar in
 MvV> IPv4 and IPv6. But I also find that many newcomers to IPv6 have
 MvV> difficulty to get rid of "IPv4 think". To let go of the idea that NAT
 MvV> is "security" and that IPv6 is insecure because it does not use NAT is
 MvV> something that needs to sink in. Also it takes a while to realize that
 MvV> there is no need to be greedy when assigning addresses. There are 2^64
 MvV> addresses in a subnet...

I was more focusing on some of the tools available however when it comes to
some of the other things such as subnetting, security and such yes it's
slightly different than IPv4. One thing IPv6 uses is NDP vs ARP in IPv4.

 MvV> There is more than one road that leads to Rome...

Absolutely! In this case it doesn't matter if you're talking IPv4 or IPv6.



... Verbal agreements frequently lead to verbal disagreements.
--- MultiMail/Linux v0.52
 * Origin: SBBS - Carnage! 2001:470:8a1e::3 (1:142/103)
SEEN-BY: 1/19 123 16/0 30/0 80/1 90/1 105/81 120/340 123/130 131 124/5016
SEEN-BY: 142/0 103 153/757 154/10 201/0 203/0 2 124 221/0 1 6 226/30
SEEN-BY: 227/702 229/424 426 428 550 664 700 230/0 240/1120 5832 249/206
SEEN-BY: 249/317 400 261/38 280/464 5003 5006 5555 282/464 1038 292/854
SEEN-BY: 292/8125 301/0 1 101 113 812 310/31 317/3 320/119 219 319
SEEN-BY: 322/0 757 342/200 423/120 460/58 633/280 712/848 770/1 920/1
SEEN-BY: 2452/250 3634/24 5020/545 1042 5058/104
PATH: 142/103 320/219 203/0 280/464 301/1 229/426