https://microsegment.io/tags/ipv6/ Recent content in Ipv6 on microsegment.io Hugo en-us Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://microsegment.io/post/2026-11-03-ipv6-must-not-bypass-containment/ Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://microsegment.io/post/2026-11-03-ipv6-must-not-bypass-containment/ <p>The application server cannot reach the database management interface over IPv4. Good.</p> <p>Now run the same test over IPv6.</p> <p>If the second connection succeeds, the application is not contained. One address family is contained. That distinction belongs in the acceptance criteria, not in a footnote on the network diagram.</p> <p>This is an implementation review, not a claim about a newly discovered attack campaign. The useful question is simple: does your segmentation intent survive a change of address family?</p>