VPN Flaw Shows Users' IP Addresses 124
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AHuxley writes "A VPN flaw announced at the Telecomix Cyphernetics Assembly in Sweden allows individual users to be identified. 'The flaw is caused by a combination of IPv6, which is a new Internet protocol due to replace the current IPv4, and PPTP (point-to-point tunneling protocol)-based VPN services, which are the most widely used. ... The flaw means that the IP address of a user hiding behind a VPN can still be found, thanks to the connection broadcasting information that can be used to identify it. It's also relatively easy to find a MAC address (which identifies a particular device) and a computer's name on the network that it's on.' The Swedish anti-piracy bureau could already be gathering data using the exploit."
IPv6 (Score:5, Funny)
My grand kids will probably be saying that to their grand kids.
Re:IPv6 (Score:0, Funny)
My grand kids will probably be saying that to their grand kids.
My grand-kids are saying that to their grand-kids.
Now get of my lawn, you whipper snapper.
Re:IPv6 (Score:5, Funny)
Actually by then, it'll be IPv6.1 ...
...unless you're running on a Microsoft operating system, in which case it'll be "IPv6.11 for Workgroups".