[mythtv-users] MythTV and IPV6

[Tom Bishop]

On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 9:03 AM, Tim Draper <veehexx at zoho.com> wrote:

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> ---- On Wed, 23 Sep 2015 14:47:56 +0100 Mark Perkins  wrote ----
> > However with IPV6 (as I understand it) every machine becomes exposed to
> the internet.
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> in that respect, i'm on the understanding IPv6 simply (!?) removes the
> requirement for NAT as there are enough addresses for every device to be
> unique and thus translations are not required. If it's not allowed through
> the firewall then it will still be blocked traffic.
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> i too am somewhat interested in this deployment. no specific requirement,
> just i think it would give a good insight into using v6 in a real world
> scenario and not trying to understand the various ipv6 addresses and theory
> of it all.
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+1, yeah just cause you have addresses for every device does not mean you
do not need a firewall, you may even want to continue doing NAT but you
probably still want a firewall in place to keep things honest as to what
comes and goes but that is up to you and how you want things to work.
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