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Can a 314 ReadyNAS get hacked?
I am really worried : A few days ago I had to have tech support to me brand new 314 readyNAS. I was asked for my password by the online tech and left it in tech support mode for 12 hours until the ...
Well, the security needs to be maintained in your edge router with both IPv4 and IPv6. It is easy enough for the router to deny unsolicited inbound connections for IPv6, the same as it does for IPv4. So I think your security concerns are overstated.
IanWilson wrote: ...I wonder if it is worth disabling IPv6 - most home LANs are not likely to benefit.
The simple answer is that if your ISP is giving you an IPv6 address you should have IPv6 enabled on your home network as well.
If your ISP is not giving you an IPv6 WAN address, then there is no reason to enable it in the router.
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