Understanding IPV6 Part 1

[williamebradshaw]

I may be 3 years late, but thanks for putting these together.  Much appreciated!

[justfourthen]

IPV6 is not a completely different protocol - there are some differences but more similarities...

[cellphonelightsaber]

@punkofdeath Um, actually, it will increase anonymity on the Internet. There will be so many IP addresses that it'll be nigh impossible to bump into someone by punching in a random public IP address. Additionally, all IPV6 is trying to do is give you more room for your macbook and iphone on the net.

[RicanGod22]

Actually the numbers aren't picked random at all, under what's called EUI-64 configuration the host id is chosen by taking your mac address and inserting the hex digits FFFE in the middle. It all also changes the 7th binary bit in the first byte to a binary one going from left to right, which in turn means it has been configured locally, it's called the U/L bit.

[bufo333]

@RicanGod22 The numbers are not random as stated in the video, however there is an extension to the eui-64 addressing system as defined in rfc-3041, which chooses the numbers and a pseudorandom fashion. this means that someone cannot track your ip address back to the original mac address as it has been obfuscated.

[SteffReg]

Thanks for the work you did there, but man you really need to short your slides!!! it is not pretty to watch the same 200 words for 6 minutes. I'll try to watch it through because I really wanne follow up on IPv6 but man... wow, in any class you would get an F for these slides

[punkofdeath]

dose anyone find the idea of ipv6 a little creepy? sounds like it will create too much control over the general population. sounds like the leading to "the mark of the beast" aka gps tracking chips in new borne children they can always find you fuck that shit no thanks

[bufo333]

@punkofdeath Actually most operating systems out today have the option to generate the last 64 bits of the ip address using random characters thus restoring the anonymity that exists today in IPV4. This was added to the IPV6 spec in RFC 3041.

[punkofdeath]

@bufo333 I kind of understand what your saying but not sure of exactly but "the anonymity that exists today in IPV4. This was added to the IPV6 spec" was enough to make me want to do some research anyway you could point me in the right direction???

[punkofdeath]

@bufo333 dose that just mean the OS will encrypt last 64 bits of your IP because cant all encryptions just be decrypted anyway??

[bufo333]

@punkofdeath no its not encrypted, it just picks random numbers for the last 64 bits, and checks to make sure that the ip is unique. since the bits are random, there is no pattern to follow to track your pc across different networks.

[shokora666]

@bufo333 This depends, another possibility is that the hardware MAC adress + 16 random bits is to be used. This will make hardware trackable over any network.

[shokora666]

@bufo333 Nevermind my last comment, I just came across the ipv6 privacy extension.

[niyok671]

@punkofdeath you watch too many movies bro.

[Raguel22]

Thank you!

[WanderingOdysseus]

thanks

[Pi57457]

thanks for the video