James Knott wrote:
No, NAT is not enough. There are differences in the headers and the way certain things are done. That's why a proxy is necessary to convert between the two. One example would be IPv6 extension headers vs IPv4 variable length headers. The structure of the two header types is also quite different.
Okay, good points.
In Windows, it's known as a PortProxy. Is there a similar proxy available in Linux?
TBH, I don't know, but would it not be better solved with some tunnelling or some such? Or maybe you can do to-IPv4 source-NAT'ing on the IPv6 clients?
That would require a VPN set up on all computers that may connect. A 6in4 client to access IPv6 addresses, where IPv6 is not available, is much easier.
Isn't there some sort of standard mechanism for this already? I can't remember, but something makes me think of some transitional routing setup. Sorry, I have not thought this through. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (28.8°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org