question regarding over the counter devices

[Mikael Abrahamsson]

Hi,

I just had a discussion with people from an ISP in the process of 
implementing IPv6. They were afraid of turning on IPv6 for customers who 
had purchased their own routers themselves, because these routers might 
not have IPv6 firewalling on by default, thus exposing customers who used 
to be "protected" by IPv4 NAT, to now be exposed with unfirewalled IPv6.

So my question:

Devices that people buy in electronics stores etc, do they even come with 
IPv6 turned on by default?

If they do, is firewalling turned on by default?

My Apple Airport Express at least came with firewalling turned on, I don't 
remember what the default setting was for IPv6 support. But if one turned 
on IPv6 support, then one had to unclick the firewall clickbox to be able 
to get incoming connections.

I'm going to check the devices I have in my boxes here at home, but in the 
mean time would appreciate if others could share their experiences.

-- 
Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike at swm.pp.se