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Re: VPN over IPv6

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On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 10:09:58PM -0500, Philippe Clérié wrote:
>On 04/14/2016 08:38 PM, John Hasler wrote:
>>Philippe Clérié wrtes:
>>>I thought it somewhat strange since I believe IPv6 essentially removes
>>>the need for VPN.
>>
>>How?
>
>Well, it's just the way IPv6 works.
>
>By now, I suspect most IPv4 networks use private addresses, i.e. 
>10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/16, 192.168.0.0/24. So, it makes sense to have 
>a VPN between two different networks with such addresses so that they 
>can communicate.
>
>With IPv6, every* address is routable over the internet, and there is
>no equivalent set of private addresses like the above. Therefore any 
>two IPv6 networks should be directly accessible to each other, 
>obviating the need for VPN or NAT for that matter.
>
>Plus IPv6 is already encrypted.

I suspect you're thinking of this 
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6#Network-layer_security)
 "Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) was originally developed for IPv6, 
 but found widespread deployment first in IPv4, for which it was 
 re-engineered. IPsec was a mandatory specification of the base IPv6 
 protocol suite, but has since been made optional."

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VPN over IPv6 Philippe Clérié <philippe@gcal.net> - 2016-04-15 03:00 +0200
  Re: VPN over IPv6 John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2016-04-15 03:40 +0200
    Re: VPN over IPv6 Philippe Clérié <philippe@gcal.net> - 2016-04-15 05:20 +0200
      Re: VPN over IPv6 Nemeth Gyorgy <friczy@freemail.hu> - 2016-04-15 08:40 +0200
      Re: VPN over IPv6 Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2016-04-15 13:10 +0200
  Re: VPN over IPv6 Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2016-04-15 03:40 +0200

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