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		calloc on Sept 30, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: There is no Plan B: why the IPv4-to-IPv6 transitio... Why do firewalls suddenly go away when IPv6 is introduced? If NAT is the only thing stopping packets from coming into your network then that is bad. Set up appropriate firewall rules.

loup-vaillant on Sept 30, 2010 [–]

They don't. And I'd still like to have one. I was just saying that the root of the problem is insecure services.

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