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Re: What happens to old MAC assignments?

From	ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>)
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: What happens to old MAC assignments?
Date	2024-07-23 21:38 +0000
Organization	loft
Message-ID	<lgam79FargbU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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In article <v7p107$1b16r$1@dont-email.me>,
Marco Moock  <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> wrote:
>On 23.07.2024 um 12:39 Uhr Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>
>> 	The last time I enabled IPv6 on my network (about three years
>> ago) I found it caused no end of trouble because where both exist an
>> IPv6 connection is preferred but many pages got into a mess because
>> some parts were only available in IPv4 and that triggered the cross
>> site scripting defenses and other pages just got slower over IPv6.
>
>Works fine here and on millions of other machines too, must be a problem
>at your machine.
>
>
>> 	Currently if the firewall gets turned off on my router the
>> only external connection is to my router which isn't listening on any
>> sockets and is connected to a network that cannot be addressed
>> externally (unless you have a very friendly ISP). Effectively my
>> network drops off the internet. With IPv6 enabled losing the firewall
>> would result in wide open access to anything on the LAN with a public
>> IPv6 address - which by default means everything!
>
>That's why I have a firewall on each machine and only have the services
>running that I want. Even if there is no firewall, there is no security
>problem on my machines.
>

I don't recall the exact issue now, but several years ago, I found that
having IPV6 turned on in my AT&T Uverse box (the default) caused a lot
of problems and I had to go in and turn it off.
-- 
columbiaclosings.com
What's not in Columbia anymore..

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What happens to old MAC assignments? David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2024-07-18 15:44 +0000
  Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2024-07-18 16:12 +0000
    Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-07-19 01:08 +0000
  Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-07-18 17:14 +0100
    Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2024-07-21 14:39 +0000
  Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> - 2024-07-18 22:12 +0200
    Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-07-19 01:07 +0000
    Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2024-07-18 22:23 -0500
      Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-07-19 08:11 +0000
        Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-07-19 08:14 +0000
          Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2024-07-19 19:26 -0500
          Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-07-20 09:01 +0000
      Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> - 2024-07-19 16:08 +0200
        Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2024-07-19 19:31 -0500
          Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> - 2024-07-23 12:52 +0200
            Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? R Daneel Olivaw <Danny@hyperspace.vogon.gov> - 2024-07-23 14:11 +0200
              Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-07-24 00:21 +0000
                Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2024-07-24 00:00 -0500
                Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-07-24 23:46 +0000
                Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2024-07-24 21:52 -0500
                Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? R Daneel Olivaw <Danny@hyperspace.vogon.gov> - 2024-07-24 11:36 +0200
                Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2024-07-24 08:28 -0700
                Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? R Daneel Olivaw <Danny@hyperspace.vogon.gov> - 2024-07-24 20:52 +0200
                Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2024-07-24 14:07 -1000
      Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2024-07-19 16:02 +0000
        Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2024-07-19 21:47 +0000
        Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-07-19 22:53 +0000
        Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2024-07-19 19:35 -0500
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            Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2024-07-24 00:01 -0500
          Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-07-24 00:22 +0000
      Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-07-19 16:20 +0000
        Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2024-07-19 19:36 -0500
      Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-07-19 22:57 +0000
        Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2024-07-19 19:39 -0500
          Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-07-20 00:53 +0000
            Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2024-07-19 21:51 -0500
              Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> - 2024-07-23 12:57 +0200
                Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-07-24 00:26 +0000
                Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2024-07-24 00:04 -0500
          Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? "Kurt Weiske" <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-hqx-this> - 2024-07-20 08:44 -0700
            Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2024-07-20 12:14 -0500
              Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> - 2024-07-23 12:59 +0200
                Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2024-07-23 12:39 +0100
                Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> - 2024-07-23 21:40 +0200
                Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2024-07-23 21:38 +0000
                Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> - 2024-07-24 11:42 +0200
                Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2024-07-24 08:29 -0700
                Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? R Daneel Olivaw <Danny@hyperspace.vogon.gov> - 2024-07-24 20:55 +0200
                Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2024-07-24 00:08 -0500
            Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-07-20 18:14 +0100
            Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-07-21 01:11 +0000
    Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2024-07-19 15:08 +0000
      Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2024-07-19 19:41 -0500
      Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> - 2024-07-23 13:00 +0200
        Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2024-07-24 00:10 -0500
    Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2024-07-21 14:47 +0000
      Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-07-21 16:43 +0100
        Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2024-07-21 17:15 +0100
      Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2024-07-21 14:15 -0500
      Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2024-07-22 03:23 +0000
        Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2024-08-06 17:16 +0000
          Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2024-08-06 23:52 +0000
            Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? "Kurt Weiske" <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-a75-this> - 2024-08-07 08:16 -0700
              Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2024-08-07 16:48 +0000
      Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> - 2024-07-23 13:01 +0200
  Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2024-07-18 20:43 +0000
    Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-07-19 01:06 +0000
      Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2024-07-19 01:19 +0000
    Re: What happens to old MAC assignments? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2024-07-18 22:12 -0500
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