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   Michiel van der Vlist to Tony Langdon   
   New one in the making   
   23 Apr 18 11:30:50   
   
   Hello Tony,   
      
   On Monday April 23 2018 18:05, you wrote to Andrew Leary:   
      
    TL> I'm wondering if he has a router that he can't disable the firewall   
    TL> on.  That's where I would look first, because routers should block all   
    TL> incoming IPv6 traffic by default.   
      
   The early routers often had no firewall for IPv6 at all, but those should be   
   history by now. Everything less tham five years old should have a firewall   
   that blocks all incoming IPv6 by default.   
      
    TL> And there should be firewall controls (often erroneously called "IPv6   
    TL> port forwarding") to open up individual ports, or disable the firewall   
    TL> for a particular IPv6 host.   
      
   I have yet to come across a router with an IPv6 firewall that does not have an   
   option to selectively open ports for incoming. It may be a bit hard to find   
   though because indeed it often is maisnamed "port forwarding" and sometimes   
   combined with the IPv4 port forwarding and sometimes it is in a completey   
   different menu.   
      
   Andrew has native IPv6 from Comcast, just like Michael Pierce, so they may   
   have the same or a similar router. Andrew is the right one to provide the   
   helping hand...   
      
   Mischael said he was connected to this echo, but I do not see him yet. There   
   may be broken links...   
      
      
   Cheers, Michiel   
      
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