The arrival of a slew of new and upgraded operating systems, smartphones and tablets that are enabled for IPv6 has the potential to open new and unrecognized security weaknesses in otherwise secure environments.

According to Johannes Ullrich, PhD, chief research officer for the SANS Institute, “One of the problems is the accidental implementation of IPv6. You may already have IPv6 on your network without knowing about or configuring it."

More: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=10155

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