fgont – Fernando Gont

Password Strength

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Post published:August 10, 2011
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Hacking IPv6 Networks

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Post published:July 27, 2011
Post category:hacking Information Security IPv6 training
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We have launched a series of in-depth, hands-one trainings about IPv6 security.The first edition was last June, at the Hack in Paris 2011 conference in Paris, France.The next edition will…

IETF RFC 6274: Security Assessment of the Internet Protocol Version 4

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Post published:July 5, 2011
Post category:IETF Information Security Internet Engineering IPv4 RFC
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The IETF has published RFC 6274, entitled "Security Assessment of the Internet Protocol Version 4", which is an IETF version of the IPv4 security assessment that had been published by…

Requirements for secure IPv6 deployments include better IPv6 tester tools

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Post published:July 5, 2011
Post category:article Information Security Internet Engineering IPv6
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An article that I've authored for techtarget.com has just been published. It is entitled "Requirements for secure IPv6 deployments include better IPv6 tester tools". The "abstract" of the article is:This…

World IPv6 Day recap (techtarget.com)

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Post published:July 5, 2011
Post category:article Internet Engineering Internet Protocols IPv6
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Techtarget.com has published and article entitled "World IPv6 Day recap" which comments on the outcome of the World IPv6 Day.I have been quoted in that article noting that many people…

DEEPSEC 2009: Security Assessment of TCP and IPv4

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Post published:June 29, 2011
Post category:Information Security Internet Protocols Talks videos
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The video of a talk I gave in 2009 (!) at DEEPSEC 2009 about some security assessment of TCP and IPv4 that I had carried out on behalf of CPNI…

Hack In Paris 2011: Hacking IPv6 Networks

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Post published:June 28, 2011
Post category:hacking Information Security Internet Protocols IPv6 training
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Two weeks ago I travelled to Paris to attend the Hack In Paris 2011 conference, where I taught the training "Hacking IPv6 Networks". It was a cool experience, in particular…

Lagging IPv6 security features, vulnerabilities could hamper transition

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Post published:June 9, 2011
Post category:article Information Security IPv6
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SearchSecurity.Techtarget.com has published an article entitled "Lagging IPv6 security features, vulnerabilities could hamper transition", authored by Robert Westervelt. The article includes some quotes from an interview I had with Robert.Some…

RA-Guard Evasion: New revision of my IETF Internet-Drafts

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Post published:June 8, 2011
Post category:IETF Information Security Internet Draft IPv6 vulnerability
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I have posted a revision of both of my recently-published IETF Internet-Drafts about RA-Guard evasion:IPv6 Router Advertisement Guard (RA-Guard) Evasion (draft-gont-v6ops-ra-guard-evasion-01.txt)Security Implications of the Use of IPv6 Extension Headers with…

IPv6 security issues: IPv6 transition mechanisms

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Post published:June 2, 2011
Post category:article Information Security IPv6
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Yet another article that I have authored for searchsecurity.techtarget.com. The "abstract" of the article is:IPv6, the “new” Internet Protocol, is meant to provide enough addresses to enable virtually unlimited Internet…