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US Has More IPv6 Eyeballs Than Asia, Because of Apple

Posted by timothy on from the yummy-apple dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Google has been checking to see who's using IPv6. According to the company's tracking, half of all IPv6-capable systems seen by Google are Macs, helping the US land in fifth place in percentage of IPv6 users world wide, ahead of China and Japan."

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  1. sounds damn scary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    IPv6 Eyeballs! Run!!!!

    1. Re:sounds damn scary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Not only that, more eyeballs than Asia. It's like an IPv6 Shoggoth!

    2. Re:sounds damn scary by mattytee · · Score: 4, Funny

      Eyeball revenueization is how we leverage marketicompetencies to extendify the bottom line.

  2. Re:Linux much by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    you can't completely ignore that Linux has been pushing IPv6 for some time.

    Yes, yes we can.

  3. Re:How can they tell? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Layers of defense. My router is the drawbridge of my castle.

    Let me guess, your inner keep is Goatse/tubgirl/lemon party montage, deceptively labelled "secretpasswordstomybankaccountsandthat.png"

    Anyone cracking yo' stuff will be sick for a week.

  4. Re:Do Macs automatically setup a 6over4 Tunnel? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Well, you went through
    • Denial (No way! Apple would have to be tunneling)
    • Anger (Damn it, I shoulda read the article... Apple IS tunneling. Why hasn't anyone told me!!), and
    • Bargaining(So is anyone ELSE doing tunneling? I'd like to get one, but Apple's so expensive)

    After you Google for it, it will be Depression (*SIGH* No, nobody else is doing it any cheaper.) and finally Acceptance (Apple is so Awesome! I really shoulda switched sooner)... so, spare yourself the depression and just buy one. k? :)

  5. Re:False negatives abound by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    False. IPv6 is a paradise for network crackers.

    It doesn't support NAT (unless you fall back to v4), so anyone in the world can go and grab your network topo, nmap every host on it by figuring out your IPv6 addresses from what your ISP has. Then, they can do highly targeted attacks against every single router, host, server, and network attached toaster.

    IPv6 has no support for encryption. Its talked about, but not really part of the standard. Packets are always in plaintext, and they assume another layer like SSH will handle that.

    IPv6 shows your physical location to all comers.

    IPv6 forces you to re-IP every single machine you have including your servers if you change ISPs. This means you are shackled to your ISP unless you want to do an enterprise level renumbering of every single static IP you own.

    All and all, IPv6 is great for those spying upon the masses, but there doesn't seem to be much thought or design in security.

  6. Re:Do Macs automatically setup a 6over4 Tunnel? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Then I'll prepare for homosexual anal sex until I'm like Mr. Goatse with the "Married to Mac" wedding ring.

    Or, I'll just get pussy and forget about it. Everything works with IPv4 on Firefox Windoze anyway.

  7. Re:Linux much by rvw · · Score: 2, Funny

    you can't completely ignore that Linux has been pushing IPv6 for some time.

    Yes, yes we can.

    Sorry? It's the change we need!

  8. !won thgir 6vPI no ma I by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

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