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nlitened on Oct 21, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: The IPv6 Transition

> Also, the IP protocol does not care about ports at all. Ports are a thing for UDP and TCP.

You're right, they are one level above.

> Hosting service A shouldn't mean that every user of service A can also figure out you host C, B and D.

It how are ports on a single IP address essentially different from multiple IP addresses within a subnet?

eptcyka on Oct 21, 2024 [–]

In a /64, enumerating all hosts will not be as practical as enumerating all ports on a single IP. Further, you will not be able to link that two services are running on the same host by just the IP.

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