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2^128 ip-addresses / 10 million packets a second = 7.8 * 10^13 times the age of the universe [1]

To actually scan the entirety of ipv6 address space in under 6 minutes you would need to send 1 billion billion billion billion packets a second [2], or 100 octillion times faster than 10 million packets a second. [3]

[1] http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=2%5E128%2F10%5E7+second...

[2] http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=2%5E128%2F360

[3] http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=10%5E36%2F10%5E7

parent weazl 13 years ago

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