IPv6 end user addressing

[owen at delong.com (Owen DeLong)]

On Aug 11, 2011, at 10:41 AM, sthaug at nethelp.no wrote:

>>> And your average home user, whose WiFi network is an open network named
>>> "linksys" is going to do that how?
>> 
>> Because the routers that come on pantries and refrigerators will probably be
>> made by people smarter than the folks at Linksys?
> 
> One could argue that routing and access control is even less of a core
> business feature for pantry and refrigerator manufacturers than it is
> for Linksys. So I wouldn't rule this out - but I'm definitely in the
> sceptical camp.
> 
> Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no

Let's face it... CPE security needs are going to be radically different and consumer
expectations are going to rise quickly in this area with IPv6.

I suspect both refrigerator/pantry makers _AND_ Linksys et. al. will be forced
to adapt.

Owen