Subj : Re: Cheap Hosting...
To   : Rampage
From : Warpslide
Date : Sat Mar 20 2021 21:10:21

*** Quoting Rampage from a message to Nelgin ***

 Ra> the main thing i don't care for with IPv6 is the loss of NAT which,
 Ra> granted, is not needed, but it is a way to kind of protect your
 Ra> devices by keeping them hidden... IPv6 is not meant to be hidden and
 Ra> every address is meant to be accessible from everywhere... it is a
 Ra> huge change from IPv4 thinking, really...

I think it can depend on your router whether things are "hidden".  I use 
Google WiFi for example, and while every device (that supports IPv6) has a 
public IPv6 address, the router still acts as a firewall for all of those 
devices.  I still have to "open" ports on the router for these devices if I 
want them accessible on the open internet.

Windows firewall on Windows 10 also blocks pinging by default, so my laptop 
still shows up as "stealth" even on IPv6.

Jay

.... Either one of us, by himself, is expendable.  Both of us are not.

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