Subj : Re: Cheap Hosting...
To   : Rampage
From : Nelgin
Date : Mon Mar 22 2021 02:12:19

Rampage wrote:
>   Re: Re: Cheap Hosting...
>   By: Nelgin to Lupine Furmen on Fri Mar 19 2021 16:47:11
> 
> 
>  Nelgin> What if you already have one IP and you're already running
>  Nelgin> services on those addresses? Most IPS are not going to give
>  Nelgin> residential customers more than one IP.
> 
> you're still thinking in IPv4 terms... IPv6 comes in blocks of addresses... IPv6 is generally allocated to end users in /48 blocks... a /48 is 65535 LAN segments which the end user can further subdivide... more than enough
> addresses for the average end user's site even if it is fully loaded with fridges, freezers, stoves, lamps, etc all internet capable and connected... and there's still plenty of addresses in there free to use for servers and
> such...

Yes, of course I'm talking in ipv4 terms, because most ISPs are not giving out
ipv6 to customers, especially residential customers. Verizon doesn't (or
didn't) and neither do Frontier. I think some of the cable companies do but
overall, I would say that residential ipv6 is few and far between with most
users probably not even aware of it. And yes, I do know what ipv6 is. I've
been "Sage" certified with HE since 2009.

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

Yes, ipv6 does make a firewall absolutely necessary for any system running it.

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