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Is my NAS Secure?
Hello, I am Michael Barnes and have A ReadyNas Duo V2. I have just read the attached http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28707117 article about security. I am not that technical but want to make sure...
There already was reclamation of several large address blocks, including the 5.x.x.x ones hijacked by Remote. The address space (in hindsight) could have been better designed.
But it doesn't matter. IPv4 addresses are 32 bits, so there's a limit of 4 billion addresses. There are almost 2 billion smartphones already, all with an ipv4 address for their cellular data. This is expected to grow to 6 billion by 2020, with another 3 billion or so other mobile devices needing IP addresses. And that's just part of the address space. So either it goes ipv6 or carrier NAT. There's no other option.
But it doesn't matter. IPv4 addresses are 32 bits, so there's a limit of 4 billion addresses. There are almost 2 billion smartphones already, all with an ipv4 address for their cellular data. This is expected to grow to 6 billion by 2020, with another 3 billion or so other mobile devices needing IP addresses. And that's just part of the address space. So either it goes ipv6 or carrier NAT. There's no other option.
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