[Wikimedia-l] Update on IPv6

[Deryck Chan]

On a separate note about IPv6: I just saw the first IPv6 anon entry
appearing on my watchlist. It's exciting!
Deryck

On 13 June 2012 13:43, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 6:39 PM, Kim Bruning <kim at bruning.xs4all.nl>
> wrote:
> > I noticed that my current IPv6 address appears to be assigned
> > dynamically by XS4ALL. I can probably get static if I choose it. But the
> > dynamic assignment option does alleviate some people's privacy
> > concerns, right?
>
> One particular concern, which isn't really much different from IPv4.
>
> And in something like 90% of browser configurations, you're already
> giving out a semi-static unique string with every request anyway.
> (see https://panopticlick.eff.org/)
>
> The bigger concern for WMF is the possibility for increased privacy.
>
> > ps. We all know that everyone needs to switch to IPv6 eventually.
>
> Unless IPv7 or IPv8 comes out first.
>
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