arstechnica.com— If this doesn't sit well with you, we're advising users who don't absolutely need IPv6 (that's most of you!) to disable the IPv6 gateway functionality by selecting one of the other IPv6 modes.
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I have an airport. It works great. I also have an few Linksys devices, pre and post Cisco acquisition which also work great. I have found that more complex configurations ( e.g. tunneling ) on consumer level Linksys gear is non-intuitive. I have not tried the same thing with airport since I only have one.
An airport extreme is not advertised as a firewall. It's a WAP. Why then should it block any traffic by default?The fact that it can do so at all is a bonus. Furthermore if all you ever did was hook macs up to the device then there would never be any effect - since Macs have no open ports in the default shipped configuration. So once again saying they should limit IPv6 traffic by default is trying to solve a problem that does not exist for 99% of the people purchasing this device.
Th OS X versions are fairly bulletproof, but even better they come disabled so it doesn't even matter how bulletproof they are not - the majority of Macs will never have them enabled, therefore they make a poor target.OS X ships with no open listening ports by default.
Yeah, so most people just run from their modem to their access point then (wirelessly) to their computers. It would make sense that the firewall would be combined with the access point. Now, if the Airport Extreme is not a firewall, then where does apple sell a firewall for those who own Macs and PCs? Also, why would you buy two routers (airport and another for a firewall) when you can just buy a linksys/dlink/.... which is a router + firewall in one box.
You would have to find a DNS server that allows IPv6 AAAA records. Or, add an alias to your hosts file.Also, unless you have an account with an ISP that supports IPv6 (still rare), then you will need a 6-to-4 tunnel.
@ohmarhave you even used a mac? Contextual menus have existed since OS 9s days at least. Two button mice work great without loading any additional drivers...
klawzFeb 15, 2007
Sounds like what Windows did, make it work, make it open, trust the network - and look what trouble that made for MS.
mennisFeb 15, 2007
I have an airport. It works great. I also have an few Linksys devices, pre and post Cisco acquisition which also work great. I have found that more complex configurations ( e.g. tunneling ) on consumer level Linksys gear is non-intuitive. I have not tried the same thing with airport since I only have one.
superkendallFeb 15, 2007
An airport extreme is not advertised as a firewall. It's a WAP. Why then should it block any traffic by default?The fact that it can do so at all is a bonus. Furthermore if all you ever did was hook macs up to the device then there would never be any effect - since Macs have no open ports in the default shipped configuration. So once again saying they should limit IPv6 traffic by default is trying to solve a problem that does not exist for 99% of the people purchasing this device.
superkendallFeb 15, 2007
Th OS X versions are fairly bulletproof, but even better they come disabled so it doesn't even matter how bulletproof they are not - the majority of Macs will never have them enabled, therefore they make a poor target.OS X ships with no open listening ports by default.
ohmarFeb 15, 2007
Yeah, so most people just run from their modem to their access point then (wirelessly) to their computers. It would make sense that the firewall would be combined with the access point. Now, if the Airport Extreme is not a firewall, then where does apple sell a firewall for those who own Macs and PCs? Also, why would you buy two routers (airport and another for a firewall) when you can just buy a linksys/dlink/.... which is a router + firewall in one box.
nighthwk1Feb 15, 2007
You would have to find a DNS server that allows IPv6 AAAA records. Or, add an alias to your hosts file.Also, unless you have an account with an ISP that supports IPv6 (still rare), then you will need a 6-to-4 tunnel.
dcamp7ghFeb 16, 2007
@ohmarhave you even used a mac? Contextual menus have existed since OS 9s days at least. Two button mice work great without loading any additional drivers...
randfFeb 16, 2007
good reading, but headline is a little bit misleading....not much more helpful than:New Airport Extreme could expose Macs to the internets!
wjanochJun 23, 2007
My Airport Extreme-n received an update to 7.1.1 today and the "Block incoming IPv6 connections" is checked by default now.