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		nibbleshifter on Dec 6, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My building has replaced our keys with an app Host discovery in IPv6 is a harder problem due to the huge address space, whereas with IPv4 I can sweep the entire v4 address space in maybe 30-60 minutes for a port of interest.

nannal on Dec 6, 2022 [–]

Scanning the whole address range is difficult but due to the methods used to generate and acquire ipv6 addresses, there are methods to find assets.

https://github.com/lavalamp-/ipv666

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