Hal-5700X@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agoAll 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.comexternal-linkmessage-square207fedilinkarrow-up1699file-text
arrow-up1691external-linkAll 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.comHal-5700X@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square207fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agook. thank you. stuff like this just made me wonder: https://en.avm.de/service/knowledge-base/dok/FRITZ-Box-7590/573_Configuring-IPv6-in-the-FRITZ-Box/ for linux etc they suggest du enable dhcpv6 and i cant figure out where they adress this in their firewalls. still learning.
minus-squarer00ty@kbin.lifelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoBest thing to do to test the firewall is run some kind of server and try to connect to your ipv6 on that port. Like I’ve said in other posts, routers really should block incoming connections by default. But it’s not always the case that they do.
ok. thank you. stuff like this just made me wonder: https://en.avm.de/service/knowledge-base/dok/FRITZ-Box-7590/573_Configuring-IPv6-in-the-FRITZ-Box/
for linux etc they suggest du enable dhcpv6 and i cant figure out where they adress this in their firewalls. still learning.
Best thing to do to test the firewall is run some kind of server and try to connect to your ipv6 on that port.
Like I’ve said in other posts, routers really should block incoming connections by default. But it’s not always the case that they do.
thanks.