IPv6 Hitlists at Scale: Be Careful What You Wish For
Erik C. Rye, Dave Levin
Abstract
Today's network measurements rely heavily on Internet-wide scanning, employing tools like ZMap that are capable of quickly iterating over the entire IPv4 address space. Unfortunately, IPv6's vast address space poses an existential threat for Internet-wide scans and traditional network measurement techniques. To address this reality, efforts are underway to develop "hitlists" of known-active IPv6 addresses to reduce the search space for would-be scanners. As a result, there is an inexorable push for constructing as large and complete a hitlist as possible.
Topics & Concepts
IPv6IPv4Address spaceComputer scienceThe InternetIPv6 addressSpace (punctuation)Computer securityWorld Wide WebComputer networkOperating systemNetwork Security and Intrusion DetectionIPv6, Mobility, Handover, Networks, SecurityInternet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting