On Dec 17, 2007 9:59 PM, Paul Ferguson <fergdawg@netzero.net> wrote:
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- -- "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu> wrote:
[re: v6 mythos]
In a slightly more realistic vein, a huge address space makes life harder for scanning worms. As Angelos Keromytis, Bill Cheswick, and I have pointed out, "harder" is by no means equivalent to "impossible", but the myth, new as it is, still propagates.
And in fact, "threat propagation" in a v6 world may actually be worse than expected, and naiveté may actually contribute to a larger-scale attack, given the statistical possibility of potentially more victims.
naivete because folks believe the 'v6 is more secure' propoganda? or some other reason?
Address space size, and proximity, may well be red herrings in this discussion.
can you expand on this some?