China's Cyberspace Administration has released a strategic plan to accelerate IPv6 adoption through 2030, aiming for significant growth in users and network traffic. A key element is the development of "IPv6+", which allows metadata describing content to be embedded into packets. While this offers telcos new ways to manage traffic and billing, experts warn it could enable enhanced state censorship and surveillance by allowing operators to identify and block specific types of data or users via packet metadata.
- Goal of 950 million active IPv6 users by 2030
- Transition toward single-stack network infrastructure
- Risks regarding increased government monitoring and censorship
- Global export of China's specialized networking equipment
- Goal of 950 million active IPv6 users by 2030
- Transition toward single-stack network infrastructure
- Risks regarding increased government monitoring and censorship
- Global export of China's specialized networking equipment
Instructions on how to disable IPv6 in Armbian, specifically for use with an ADS-B host. Includes commands for editing configuration files and rebooting.
```
sudo -s
# sed -i "$ a\ipv6.disable=1" /boot/armbianEnv.txt
# echo "blacklist ipv6 > /etc/modprobe.d/no-ipv6.conf
# echo "net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1" > /etc/sysctl.d/no-ipv6.conf
# sed -i "/::/s/^/# /" /etc/hosts
# reboot
```
```
sudo -s
# sed -i "$ a\ipv6.disable=1" /boot/armbianEnv.txt
# echo "blacklist ipv6 > /etc/modprobe.d/no-ipv6.conf
# echo "net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1" > /etc/sysctl.d/no-ipv6.conf
# sed -i "/::/s/^/# /" /etc/hosts
# reboot
```
An IETF draft proposes allocating the 44::/16 IPv6 block (about 2^112 addresses) to the amateur radio community, echoing the historic 44/8 IPv4 allocation, and raises questions about internet governance and policy.
