On Mon, 10 Nov 2008, Keith Moore wrote: > > okay. I found myself wondering if the change in address space size, and > in granularity of assignment, might make DNSBLs less reliable. Which is > a different kind of scalability. IPv6's bigger address space affects more security mechanisms than just DNSBLs, such as defensive port scanning, traffic auditing, etc. http://www.watersprings.org/pub/id/draft-chown-v6ops-port-scanning-implications-02.txt Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <dot@xxxxxxxx> http://dotat.at/ WIGHT PORTLAND PLYMOUTH: SOUTHWEST VEERING WEST 6 TO GALE 8. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. RAIN THEN SQUALLY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR AT FIRST. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf