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1 edit | Wonder what effect IPV6 usage will have on this? Do the cable companies have in place the ability to track IPV6 IP addresses like they do with IPV4 addresses. Are the logs linking IPV6 addresses with customer account information? |
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| Re: Wonder what IPV6 usage will have on this? said by Linklist:Do the cable companies have in place the ability to track IPV6 IP addresses like they do with IPV4 addresses. Are the logs linking IPV6 addresses with customer account information? I think legally they are obligated to retain that information (not sure for how long though).
Again, those wishing to get around that will just sign up for foreign VPN's and/or proxies. All ISP's will see then is encrypted traffic. And if VPN provider(s) don't log, then RIAA/MPAA are SOL.
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Mullica Hill, NJ | I would guess that on fully deployed IPv6 each broadband customer gets a certain ipv6 block linked to the MAC of their modem. meaning the cable co will know any device using an IP in that block has come over that customer's connection.
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1 edit | Re: Wonder what effect IPV6 usage will have on this? said by Kearnstd:I would guess that on fully deployed IPv6 each broadband customer gets a certain ipv6 block linked to the MAC of their modem. meaning the cable co will know any device using an IP in that block has come over that customer's connection.
Sounds right, but forensic investigators are concerned:
»www.cybertelecom.org/security/forensic.htm
A word of caution, however: as we move run out of IPv4 addresses and into the IPv6 transition, the network will increasingly be kludged with devices such as NAT boxes which may make it increasingly difficult to match a specific IP address to a specific individual. |
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Re: Wonder what IPV6 usage will have on this? said by Linklist:Do the cable companies have in place the ability to track IPV6 IP addresses like they do with IPV4 addresses. Are the logs linking IPV6 addresses with customer account information?
I was under the impression that one of the benefits of IPv6 was that it had IPsec built in... which would certainly make it more difficult for the ISP to track what you were doing.
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2 edits | Re: Wonder what effect IPV6 usage will have on this? said by El Quintron:said by Linklist:Do the cable companies have in place the ability to track IPV6 IP addresses like they do with IPV4 addresses. Are the logs linking IPV6 addresses with customer account information?
I was under the impression that one of the benefits of IPv6 was that it had IPsec built in... which would certainly make it more difficult for the ISP to track what you were doing. I thought that too.
My router gives 1 IPV6 address to Comcast on the WAN connection. But when a PC on my local net logs on to a web site, it never gives that IPV6 address to the web site. Each device gives a completely separate IPV6 address to the web site different from the WAN addr given to Comcast. Now I know routing tables must tie the 2 together, but if a web site give Comcast a device IPV6 address to lookup, do their logs tie the two together and also to an account record? Interesting questions I am not technical enough to answer.
P.S.>>I am not sure why, but my router does NOT include the MAC address in the IPV6 addr for the router itself or client machines in the IPV6 address given to a web site as some clients do. »superuser.com/questions/243669/h···ing-ipv6 |
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| That sounds like a good thing, from what I read of your link, it's not supposed to display the MAC address but does so in some cases.
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