[ipv6hackers] IPv6 implications on IPv4 nets: IPv6 RAs, IPv4, and VPN "evasion"

[Bjoern A. Zeeb]

On Sun, 9 Sep 2012, Fernando Gont wrote:

> On 09/09/2012 04:09 PM, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
>>> -- the question is whether there are products that suffer from this
>>> problem... and, as noted by others, there are.
>>
>> Right but unimplemented code doesn't need an RFC, it needs fixing by
>> vendors, as it's not about a fundamental underlying problem.
>
> I personally think it *is* a fundamental underlying problem: the fact
> that so far many VPNs only support IPv4, and due to the way IPv6 and
> IPv4 interact/co-exist, traffic may leak out of the VPN.

Yeah maybe, but is it much different from not supporting SeND (or
other ways) for example?   The technology exists, it's not used.

/bz

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