This may come under the category of "dumb questions" but I haven't seen
the answer in any Google search I've tried so I guess I will ask the humans.
Does the wide spread adoption of IPv6 help solve the SPAM problem in any
way? I am learning about IPv6 because software under development at my
work place uses IPv6 and IPv4. IPv6 is supposed to have security
features built in to it. My thinking is that IPv6 ought to make it
easier to identify the true sender of a mail message, or at least the
originating MTA. On the other hand, since SMTP has to work over both
IPv4 and IPv6, maybe that ability doesn't buy us anything. A Bad Guy
can simply continue to use IPv4 for as long as his or her ISP will them
get away with it. But what happens after the ISPs require IPv6? Will
we ever get to the point where IPv6 is required?
I asked my ISP about their transition plans - the tier one person said
IPv WHAT? the tier two person said talk to the tier 3 person and the
tier 3 person said that they will transition when their customers demand
it. But none of their customers demand it because it isn't offered.
Outside of north America, I am told that IPv6 is more common - how can I
test that?
Sorry if these questions sound naive.
Jeff
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