The Myth of Twelve More Bytes - Security on Post-Scarcity Internet

Explore the significant technical shifts in Internet infrastructure and their security implications in this Black Hat USA 2012 conference talk. Delve into the simultaneous overhaul of IPv6, DNSSEC, and the creation of new top-level domains, examining their impact on enterprise IT and risk management. Gain insights into the unexpected secondary effects of these changes and learn why traditional security products and processes may no longer be sufficient. Discover the direct security impacts faced by network administrators, even if they believe they are not yet using these technologies. Investigate how modern fraud, spam, and brand abuse infrastructure are affected by the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 and the expansion of gTLDs. Analyze the implications for monitoring, compliance, intrusion detection and prevention, and the future of enterprise architecture and defense. Explore topics such as stateless address autoconfiguration, global privacy addresses, IP address resolution, IPv6 fragments, DNS SEC signatures, brand namespaces, adaptive authentication, network reputation, and trademark protection in this comprehensive examination of post-scarcity Internet security challenges.