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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/Nov/16 12:18, Loganaden Velvindron
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<pre wrap="">European ISPs have already invested in their FTTH infrastructure. By
contrast we are still deploying the internet in our region. Instead of
focusing so much resources on the core of the network, it makes
economical sense to also invest in the edge of the network, by
improving the security, instead of simply aiming for IPv6 deployment.</pre>
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I'm not sure what IPv6 has to do with it.<br>
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FTTH is a Layer 2 service, so any insecurities would affect both
IPv4 and IPv6.<br>
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I will echo your sentiment that GPON, perhaps, was not built with
the utmost security in mind. This is a problem that can be
associated with several consumer technologies (the recent Dyn IoT
issue being a clear example).<br>
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The fact remains that GPON and Active-E are popular technologies in
use to deliver FTTH services to consumers. So it is reasonable for
clueful engineers such as Pierre Kim to bring these issues to the
fore for both service providers and vendors to fix.<br>
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Mark.<br>
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