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Fast Worm Propagation In IPv6 Networks
Another post which looks at the possible effects of an IPv6 Internet on worm propogation. Fast Worm Propagation In IPv6 Networks, by Jing Yang. This time it's a PowerPoint presentation, full of analysis and lots of bullet points. This slide deck is quite readable, by the way, even without any aditional notes. The author goes from a classic, "it would take eons to scan the entire IPv6 address space" to a position which shows, quite handily, how a worm could successfully operate in an IPv6 Internet and still be efficient (although maybe not as efficient as an IPv4 worm). A worthwhile read as we look ahead to IPv6 deployments seeing wider use.
June 11, 2005 in IPv6, papers | Permalink
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This is quite a good analysis, but it's a little bit biased by what is trying to prove.
A comparison would show that with the assumptions made to prove an IPv6 worm is possible that takes hours to take over a /64 subnet (basically, gigabit speeds), an IPv4 worm would have flash behaviour, and would take over the network in sub-second time.
So, still IPv6 does not save us, but it buys some time.
Posted by: Carlos Garcia Braschi | Jul 10, 2005 9:08:14 AM
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