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All Windows users should immediately update their computers. An exploit rated 9.8/10 (CVE-2024-38063) compromises all devices running Windows with an IPv6 address. (msrc.microsoft.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by hal_5700X to c/[email protected]

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If you have the August 13, 2024—KB5041580 update. You're good.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

DHCPv6 is very much in use with large ISPs. SLAAC only lets you get a single /64 (one network) from the ISP, but if you use DHCPv6, which is also provided ISP side, you can often request a /60 to get you 16 networks to use. Also, DHCPv6 doesn't base the IPv6 address off the MAC address like SLAAC does, so it is better for device privacy.

Why Android does not support DHCPv6 is beyond me. It's honestly quite ridiculous as it makes configuring LAN-side DNS and other things a lot easier.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Dhcpv6-pd is used by isps for prefix delegation, which most routers support now (not so when my isp first started with it).

But for advertising prefixes on a lan most networks use router adverts.

They're different use cases though.