VPN Flaw Shows Users' IP Addresses 124
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".