-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2023-04-28 18:50, Lew Wolfgang wrote:
On 4/28/23 09:09, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2023-04-28 17:06, Lew Wolfgang wrote:
On 4/28/23 04:18, Carlos E. R. wrote:
What will IPv6 actually do for you? It's a serious question, what will it give you that you don't already have with IPv4 and NAT?
From my experience at work it's nothing but a PITA that reduces reliability. Well, it allows direct connection from outside to an internal computer, if wanted, without tricks.
Allow direct outside connection to an internal computer? What could possibly go wrong!?
If you wish. You just need a proper router/firewall and a well managed computer.
This is interesting to gamers, for instance, or for direct VoIP. Or remote working.
If a coworker needs files you have, you can just share them from your computer, no intermediate server needed.
Again, that's a security risk. Better to just forward ssh through your NAT router to the inside host.
That's a PITA. Better invent some proper, secure protocol for direct connection making use of IPv6.
As it is, there are providers in Spain that do not give you a public IPv4 address, but one in the 10.*.*.* network. This directly blocks those people from accessing home from outside.
That could be an issue, if you need outside access. You could bounce through an external proxy that you control if needed. I bet Per could offer one to you.
No need, with IPv6. As it is, those machines are a PITA for people working at home or the IT personel back and headqaurters.
All this are uses that were originally designed for Internet, but rendered impossible when NAT was implemented, because there were not enough addresses for everybody. This doesn't affect USAians as much as others. Nor Spaniards as much as Indians, for instance.
IMHO NAT has worked remarkably well.
Because we had no other way.
Then came Telefónica with their stupidity of not issuing static addresses by default and against quelled the dreams.
My ISP doesn't issue static address either, but it really doesn't matter to me with my current configuration. It's static anyway for long periods of time.
No, I mean on IPv6. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCZEv8rRwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfViMgAn2Vpa7PUAzhAeZCDdPGl KQyByfbQAJwJQ0F+BD6GVMQij/Tsgu+AoWZb8Q== =oSLL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----