http://roman.stanek.org/2008/12/06/can-cloud-ip-address-be-damaged-goods/ BI, SaaS, travel and everything else... Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:14:10 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://roman.stanek.org/2008/12/06/can-cloud-ip-address-be-damaged-goods/#comment-264 Fred Baker Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:06:10 +0000 http://roman.stanek.org/?p=208#comment-264 I don't know that IPv6 will instantly be a panacea for this. Yes, it provides more addresses. That said, if spam is coming from a prefix (a /64, /48, or /32) I could easily imagining an ISP blocking the prefix, not the actual addresses. Reason: privacy addresses, such as are implemented in Windows, change daily, and can be changed on a per-tcp-session basis. Nobody is going to want to go through the trouble of disabling this computer but not that if the vetting is lost in less than 24 hours. I don’t know that IPv6 will instantly be a panacea for this. Yes, it provides more addresses. That said, if spam is coming from a prefix (a /64, /48, or /32) I could easily imagining an ISP blocking the prefix, not the actual addresses. Reason: privacy addresses, such as are implemented in Windows, change daily, and can be changed on a per-tcp-session basis. Nobody is going to want to go through the trouble of disabling this computer but not that if the vetting is lost in less than 24 hours.

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