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          The Natural Philosopher  wrote:

> On 30/12/2025 20:00, David Higton wrote:
> > What I particularly like about IPv6 is that NAT/NAPT are simply not
> > necessary
> 
> So making the implementation of a firewall absolutely mandatory

Of course, as possessed by all routers.  The default state is to reject
all incoming connections.  If you want to expose a device to the
internet, you punch a pinhole in the firewall, normally for one address
and one port.

David

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