[AusNOG] IPv6 excuses

[Mark Andrews]

In message <429C4C9BB681C54C828A0B8B353DCE551E284DCB at svr2012.pc.local>, Nathana
el Bettridge writes:
> > From: Mark Smith mailto:markzzzsmith at gmail.com
> > On 27 May 2016 at 16:15, Nathanael Bettridge <nathanael at prodigy.com.au>
> > wrote:
> > > I wonder how long before the AGs office realizes v6 can let them track
> > > usage of individual devices (for the data retention stuff), and
> mandates v6
> > > and the disabling of privacy extensions?
> >
> > Geoff discussed IPv6, privacy addresses and metadata retention quite
> > comprehensively in:
> >
> > "Metadata Retention and the Internet"
> >
> > http://telsoc.org/ajtde/2015-04-v3-n1/a4
>
> Just read through that now.
> Privacy addresses are potentially a foil to this (which is why I
> mentioned them), but they can likely be linked across ephemeral addresses
> to some degree by session related data. Likewise with SHIM6. Certainly a
> problem for data retention in terms of volume however.
> IPv6 NAT from what I can see isn't being applied on a wide scale in
> Australia. Perhaps within multihomed business environments it will find a
> place, but most consumer CPEs dont even support NAT66 or NPT etc.

Why would they?  There is no need for NAT with IPv6.

> Data retention with a pure v6 network will certainly give far richer data
> to various agencies, thats for sure.
>
> -Nathanael Bettridge
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