Despite the Headlines, SLAAC Does Not Represent a Zero-Day Attack Vector

SLAAC is a mnemonic for IPv6 StateLess Address AutoConfiguration, which follows attempts at obtaining router information that happens only after the interface has established an IPv6 address for the local link. IPv6 does not use Ethernet broadcasting, which imposes scaling limitations on the devices supported on a local link. Instead, IPv6 multicasting divides devices into 16.7 […]