Posts by cynicalcsyan

When will Microsoft next run out of US IPv4 addresses for Azure?

I was an IPv6 "noob" while you were still swaddled in A+....

;)

Re: Confused about IPv6 vs. NAT.

Strange... I was able to configure a static IPv6 on a physical machine. Not only that... It was a server box, running hypervisor, controlling four VR machines. One DNS, one a Mail server, a honeypot (for fun) that looked like my 2008r2 main. And a client...

After BEATING MY BRAIN AGAINST A BRICK WALL... All it took to make it work correctly, a secondary (physical) NIC that was addressed SOLELY to the VM side. That NIC was essentially "talking to itself" as well as a route configured to my PRIMARY NIC. Primary NIC routes to my gateway and "knows itself"...

(back when I did this, my professor almost popped an eye vein) I was the only person able to make everything "talk" and see everything.

I was INSTANTLY forced to help others try and understand what I was doing...

I STILL don't understand how to explain it... I am better at DO, not explain. ;)

Re: Confused about IPv6 vs. NAT.

Network Address Translation. If you have an IPv6 assigned, the "translation" you will be using is between your "physical" address and the internal "post office"... Instead of NAT, why not look into PAT... 65k+ ports... security by obscurity... If I am trying to "hack" your shit, I would need to be able to FIND your IPv6 first. And THEN I would need to beat on every door (port) until I find one that will respond to my advances...

I would reconsider your view of IPv6. Potentially it contains MORE security. One of the reason it has yet to be rolled out... It's REALLY hard to keep track of shit... (Said the NSA)... :)

Hack-On!