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IPv6 is the next generation protocol for Internet networking. IPv6 expands on the current Internet Protocol standard known as IPv4. Compared to IPv4, IPv6 offers better addressing, security and other features to support large worldwide networks.

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How would disabling IPv6 make a server any more secure?

Many applications depend on IPv6 support even if they don't use it. They use IPv6 sockets for example. Turning IPv6 off completely by removing the ipv6 kernel module will break stuff. … It's much better to make sure that IPv6 is properly firewalled, taking into account that IPv6 is always present on the local link even when no other IPv6 addresses are configured. …
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IPv6 and NAT firewall effect

As far as the technical community is concerned the consensus is to avoid NAT with IPv6. … PS: NAT64 is used for IPv6-only networks to connect to the IPv4 world, but the IPv4 world is already full of NAT so it's considered an acceptable solution. …
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Is only using one IP address version (IPv4/IPv6) an availability risk?

When the service is available over both IPv4 and IPv6 the user can just use IPv6 and get better connectivity to your service. … In countries like Belgium almost 60% of the home users already has Ipv6 access. …
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IPv6 private network adressing

The address you show is a link-local address (fe80::/10). Those appear on any network and are non-routable. That means they are for local communication on your LAN only. They are commonly used for thi …
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How will IPv6 affect DDoS mitigation techniques?

If you are interested in IPv6 security then you should look at the ipv6hackers mailing list: http://lists.si6networks.com/listinfo/ipv6hackers Tools you should look at include thc-ipv6 at http://www.thc.org … /thc-ipv6/ and the IPv6 Toolkit at http://www.si6networks.com/research/tools.html Bogon lists are maintained by Team Cymru, just like for IPv4: http://www.team-cymru.org/Services/Bogons/. …
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