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diff --git a/articles/2015-09-24_the_joys_of_ipv6.md b/articles/2015-09-24_the_joys_of_ipv6.md index 47c2e0e..eb7c8ee 100644 --- a/articles/2015-09-24_the_joys_of_ipv6.md +++ b/articles/2015-09-24_the_joys_of_ipv6.md @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ One disadvantage of _IPv6_ in comparison to _IPv4_ is that the addresses are not One possible solution for this is to build some kind of private _DNS_ that announces the _IPv6_ addresses of all my devices so they can more easily find each other. But before doing that I will first wait until the _SheevaPlug_ gets assigned a new _IPv6_ address by my provider - in the best case that will never happen. -There are some privacy concerns around this property of _IPv6_ as never changing addresses allow for even easier long-term tracking of individual Internet usage. These concerns are addressed by it's [privacy extensions]. While these extensions may be a good idea for devices used to consume the Internet[^6] I have disabled them on my dynamically addressed servers by setting `net.ipv6.conf.all.use_tempaddr` to zero. +There are some privacy concerns around this property of _IPv6_ as never changing addresses allow for even easier long-term tracking of individual Internet usage. These concerns are addressed by its [privacy extensions]. While these extensions may be a good idea for devices used to consume the Internet[^6] I have disabled them on my dynamically addressed servers by setting `net.ipv6.conf.all.use_tempaddr` to zero. [^0]: Previously called _KabelBW_ in southern Germany [^1]: I received the shipment confirmation and tracking code days after I had already received the package and _Unitymedia_ knew nothing about this. It seems they mixed up my package and sent it way to soon. |