[LINK] home routers, security, privacy, zero config, IPv6 and NAT or no NAT

[rene]

On Fri, 13 May 2011 10:56:31 +1000, Karl Auer wrote:

> On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 08:51 +1000, Kim Holburn wrote:
[...]
>> How would they work?
>>
> See above?

Also, one place to find out how they/it is working right now (which seems 
to me to be substantially similar to Karl's info), is Internode's pages 
about its current IPv6 Trial:

http://ipv6.internode.on.net/

That contains info for any Internode ADSL home (or other) customer who 
wants to help them trial IPv6 (but warns not to partipate without good 
understanding of IPv6 etc because it's a trial and they're not providing 
any support - they just want knowledgeable people to help them). There's 
also a number of threads on Whirlpool where people participating in 
Internode's IPv6 trial talk about their experiences, hardware, and so on. 

Also, FWIW, it's my perception that some/many people's worries about or 
belief that IPv6 will adversely affect privacy may originate from 
reports/commentary about that potential, initially talked about a decade 
ago (and of course still all around the Web), before the IPv6 
specifications/standards were 'finalised' including before the "Privacy 
Extensions" were.

(NB: I'm a person who is more concerned about privacy protection than many 
people, but I don't see that IPv6 will make any difference, unless e.g. 
some ISP or vendor intentionally implements it in a way that would reduce 
privacy protection, in which case imo there'd likely be much public 
criticism causing them to change their ways, and/or it would be time to 
change ISPs or vendors etc).

Irene