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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)

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

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IPv6 firewalls should, by default, offer similar levels of security to NAT

I think you’re probably right. We had decades of security experts saying that NAT is not a firewall and everyone on the planet treated it like one anyway. Now we’re overexposed for a no-NAT IPV6 internet.

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