[ipv6hackers] Strong Host Model

Paul Gear paul at gear.dyndns.org
Tue Jul 30 22:40:18 CEST 2013


On 07/31/2013 12:21 AM, Guillermo Lafuente Tejero wrote:
> Hi
>
> I was wondering if someone knows how to implement the Strong Host
> Model in IPv6 in Linux systems. Linux uses the weak host model by
> default and there are security concerns if a multihome system is in
> use.
>
> Thanks Guillermo.
>

I've always wondered about this: In what way does the strong host model 
improve security?  Are you just concerned about information leakage 
(ability to discover the host's non-local IP addresses), or is there 
something else?

Thanks,
Paul




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