RFC 7123 on Security Implications of IPv6 on IPv4 Networks

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        RFC 7123

        Title:      Security Implications of IPv6 on 
                    IPv4 Networks 
        Author:     F. Gont, W. Liu
        Status:     Informational
        Stream:     IETF
        Date:       February 2014
        Mailbox:    fgont@si6networks.com, 
                    liushucheng@huawei.com
        Pages:      19
        Characters: 42374
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-opsec-ipv6-implications-on-ipv4-nets-07.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7123.txt

This document discusses the security implications of native IPv6
support and IPv6 transition/coexistence technologies on "IPv4-only"
networks and describes possible mitigations for the aforementioned
issues.

This document is a product of the Operational Security Capabilities for IP Network Infrastructure Working Group of the IETF.


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