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Why Security Assessments Must Cover IPv6, Even In IPv4 Networks
8000 IPV6-ENABLED SYSTEMS 7000 QUADRUPLED 6000 OVER THE LAST 3 YEARS Prefixes 5000 Source: Geoff Huston, Wikipedia, Rapid7 4000 3000 2000 Autonomous Systems 1000 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 1996 2005 2011 RFC 1883 released, defining IPV6 Linux IPV6 no longer 'experimental' All major operating systems support IPV6 1992 2000 2008 2012 Metasploit updated to identify IPV6 security risks IETF call for Microsoft releases IPV6 technology preview IPV6 is less than 1% of Internet traffic white paperS
Why Security Assessments Must Cover IPv6, Even In IPv4 Networks
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What's your company doing to prepare for IPv6? Probably not an awful lot. While 10% of the world's top websites now offer IPv6 services, most companies haven't formulated an IPv6 strategy for the netw...
ork. However, the issue is that most devices you have rolled out in the past 5 years have been IPv6-ready, if not IPv6-enabled. Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 actually use IPv6 link-local addresses by default. Also think about all the other clients, servers, appliances, routers, and mobile devices you've added to your network in recent years. If you’re honest, how do you know that your network is not vulnerable to IPv6 attacks right now?
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