Subj : Cheap Hosting...
To   : Ogg
From : Arelor
Date : Sun Mar 21 2021 06:57:38

  Re: Cheap Hosting...
  By: Ogg to Rampage on Sat Mar 20 2021 06:56 pm

 > Hello Rampage!
 > 
 > ** On Saturday 20.03.21 - 04:36, Rampage wrote to Nelgin:
 > 
 >  R> the main thing i don't care for with IPv6 is the loss of NAT
 >  R> which, granted, is not needed, but it is a way to kind of
 >  R> protect your devices by keeping them hidden... IPv6 is not
 >  R> meant to be hidden and every address is meant to be
 >  R> accessible from everywhere... it is a huge change from IPv4
 >  R> thinking, really...
 > 
 > Interesting. So there is not such thing as an IPv6 router with a
 > NAT?

ipv6-to-ipv6 NAT exists, but:

1) It is not widespread in consumer-grade routers. If you use a custom built router or an "advanced" or ISP/WISP grade one, you
have a chance of having it supported.

2) Many programs won't work over ipv6-to-ipv6 NAT even if they actually work over NAT4. End-to-end connectivity is pretty much
expected from ipv6 networks and things may break if this is not given.

3) Even if NAT is implemented, firewalls are supposed to leat a whole lot of ICMP traffic in an out as to allow proper
prefix-delegation and address assignment. The relevant RFC is there for everybody to see.

TL;DR: It exists but it sucks.

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