Re: Anybody Using IPv6?

Den 2025-05-15 kl. 20:42, skrev Farley Flud:

IOW, I don't need IPv6 and therefore I exclude it.
 Does anybody use or need IPv6?

I make it a point to enable IPv6 on my home network as well as everything I host, even if my upstream provider doesn't support it (which is rarer every day).
Why? Because I think it's time to leave IPv4 behind. There aren't enough IPv4 addresses to go around for everyone, so we rely on carrier grade NAT and other such perversities that break the internet as it was designed. It takes away the power from people to host everything they want on their own connection instead of relying on centralised hubs of tech providers.
So, while I strictly in a short-sighted way of looking at things, don't need IPv6 -- I can surf the web just fine with IPv4 -- I do need it in the longer run to make sure the internet can keep existing as it did when it was conceived of.
Next to that, IPv6 simplifies so much things on a management level for me, that I love it as a technology. IPv4 is old and broken, with too many kludges and hacks to keep it chugging along. It's the steam engine of the internet. Nice for museums but not for today's demands on data mass transit.
There's a more philanthropic side to it as well. IPv4 addresses are getting more expensive every day. We're now at a point where IPv4 ranges can be used as collateral for massive loans of cold hard cash. This means that the barrier of entry to the internet is getting higher and higher as well. If you're rich, you can afford all the IPv4 you want. If you're not, you're left out. This means entire countries will be cut out of the internet if we keep clinging on to IPv4.
Cheers,
Koen
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