ANSWERED IPv6

[puff-m-d 31]

Hello,

 

I am new to VPN's even though they have been around awhile. Privacy concerns have gotten me interested in them. At the same time I am learning about VPN's, the fairly new IPv6 protocol is slowly being implemented. I know very little of this. Is it possible to have IPv6 route through the VPN in addition to the IPv4 protocol? From what I have researched so far, it does not seem possible on a Windows system. Am I correct in assuming this is not possible with the AirVPN client or OpenVPN? Is this a privacy risk and, if so, is there a workaround? Please have patience with me as I am trying to learn. Thanks...

 

Best regards,

puff

[OpenSourcerer 1435]

As far as I know AirVPN doesn't support IPv6 natively. Searched the forums for IPv6, found this post from September 2012 by Staff. Should be up-to-date.

 

If there's no native implementation of IPv6 the industry uses IPv6 over IPv4, known as Teredo. I don't know whether OpenVPN supports IPv6 natively but Teredo shouldn't be a problem.

 

And my argument regarding privacy is: IPv6 is the privacy risk itself. I read a few articles years ago about possibilities of IPv6 and I found it quite "infringing"... hmm, well, comparable to the MAC address, every network card can have it's own IP address and this could be a privacy risk, I think. I don't know if things changed now.
I like IPv4 more because it's way shorter and simpler to memorize.

[JamesDean 10]

IPv6 contains the MAC, but apparently, you can prevent this from leaking out:

 

 

-http://blog.superuser.com/2011/02/11/did-you-know-that-ipv6-may-include-your-mac-address-heres-how-to-stop-it/-

 

-https://superuser.com/questions/243669/how-to-avoid-exposing-my-mac-address-when-using-ipv6/243713#243713-

[JamesDean 10]

No edit feature? First link got messed up some how, second seems fine and has all the info.

[32dsof94324 0]

Anyone know if the Teredo protocol contains the mac address? I was searching around but it's hard to find a clear answer on that.