New Internet Addresses Could Hinder Police Investigations

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The upcoming implementation of IPv6 scheduled for next Wednesday has The FBI and local law enforcement officials concerned. The change will open up the Internet to a nearly inexhaustible supply of network addresses, possibly limiting the effectiveness of present day law enforcement technology. Next Wednesday’s transition is only a small step in what will be a long process of industry-wide implementation.

While Wednesday's World IPv6 Day is only one step in the transition to the next-generation system, it's expected to mark the beginning of a gradual decline in popularity of the outgoing IPv4 standard.
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Basically they are saying it will hinder their ability to keep that watchful Big Brother eye on us.
 
Real crimes or RIAA/MPAA crimes?

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Adding two more sets of numbers makes it so they cannot find who they are looking for? finding xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx does not seem to be harder than finding xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx its just two more jumps.
 
IPv6 are 4 digit hex numbers and 6 of those make up an address. That's probably what creates all the problems.
 
m_isom said:
Adding two more sets of numbers makes it so they cannot find who they are looking for? finding xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx does not seem to be harder than finding xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx its just two more jumps.
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There's 2^32 possible IPv4 addresses, and 2^128 IPv6 addresses. That's a colossal increase.
 
Ummm...ok, so they need to learn IPv6. You know, the whole design of IPv6 allows devices to be identified easier.
 
Because during the conversion process, ISP's will be using an internal NAT, so many people may be using the same IPv4 address.
 
It's not just the address space expanding that will make things tough. Of note, what makes things tough for law enforcement makes things tough for corps that want to protect their own networks.

IPv6 has built-in encryption. I know it gets technical, but the article does go into this.

NAT is likely to be very different in IPv6, especally if features such as the encryption are wanted to be turned on.

IPv6 has many more features and things built into/onto it. Of course, this increases the footprint that attackers can leverage when, well, attacking it.
 
They'll have that ability to snoop "as usual" once again after the transition is done, but they'll still have to fix some of their tools to work with the new tech. Anywhere CGN is in use means that during the transition they'll actually have to get a court order like they're supposed to and take it to the ISP and have the ISP pull the records instead of them being able to snoop on anyone anytime in real time. Boo freakin' hoo.
 
They just care about the transition period. Afterwards, every device will have an IP address... so it will be easier for the RIAA/MPAA to successfully argue that IP addresses are people since the person owns the device that the IP address goes to and is responsible for it. IPv6 is needed, but also... has its downsides. On the other hand IP addresses will be so many that you could essentially act like they are toilet paper and throw it away and get a new one, making it harder for anyone to track you. Just depends on the way you look at things and also on how the new protocol works (since I don't understand how new IP addresses are assigned).
 
Soon even thinking about downloading audio/video/warez will be illegal. The MPAA will dispatch the thought police.
 
xxEIEIOxx said:
I was thinking the same. Good thing no crime happens IRL and then can spend all of their time on the internet.
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First thing I thought when I read FBI and internet was them going after cyber stalkers and kiddie porn pedlars. Don't the FBI put thousands of such people behind bars?
 
mwroobel said:
Soon even thinking about downloading audio/video/warez will be illegal. The MPAA will dispatch the thought police.
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Minority Report for piracy would be ideal for the RIAA/MPAA assclowns.
 
Tudz said:
First thing I thought when I read FBI and internet was them going after cyber stalkers and kiddie porn pedlars. Don't the FBI put thousands of such people behind bars?
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If by thousands you mean tens, then sure.:p Pretty certain that show on NBC catches more child predators.
 
BallerX said:
If by thousands you mean tens, then sure.:p Pretty certain that show on NBC catches more child predators.
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Well I never said HOW the FBI caught those people :p Just going off the numbers stated in related articles.
 
This shows a deep-seated ignorance of IPv6 and the internet in general. I have no sympathy for fools, thugs, and criminals.
 
m_isom said:
Adding two more sets of numbers makes it so they cannot find who they are looking for? finding xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx does not seem to be harder than finding xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx its just two more jumps.
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Congrats, you've won the most ignorant networking comment of the year!
 
I have great faith they will figure out a way to strengthen their grip on the balls of the internet and help the underground explode in size. Freedom is becoming more of a legend each day...
 
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