Re: [opensuse] Practicalities of IPv6

Hans Witvliet pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
On Sat, 2009-10-24 at 22:08 +0200, Per Jessen wrote:
Adam Tauno Williams wrote:

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Just when doing a new project: some parts should have been delt with,
like security, support, documentation, IPv6.

Can someone explain what security IPv6 offers over IPv4? As all they are
are addresses, with IPv6 offering a far greater range, I fail to see the
significance one would have over the other in that regard.

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