Subj : List of IPv6 nodes
To   : Tony Langdon
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Sun Jun 19 2016 12:03:26

Hello Tony,

On Sunday June 19 2016 13:24, you wrote to me:
 MvV>> Don't forget MBBS. It actually had IPv6 capability before Binkd.
 MvV>> But nobody noticed until after Binkd had it too.

 TL> Never having used MBBS, I can't comment.

I have never used it myself either, but I knew the author and connected to his system on a reguluar basis. Pity he left Fidonet. He was really ahead of the times with MBBBS. Not only was it fully IPv6 compatible, it was also 100% UTF-8 compatible.

 MvV>> So does D'bridge and the Argus/Taurus/whatver family. I have
 MvV>> hopes for D'bridge, but have doubts about Argus and its cousins.
 MvV>> Maybe we should just forget about them. I have dumped Irex
 MvV>> because it became clear that it would never support IPv6. It
 MvV>> took me a long time to make that step, but I never regretted it.

 TL> I'd agree there.  D'Bridge may make the leap, the others doubtful.

For all intents and purposes Argus and it clones are abandonware.

 MvV>> Oh, yes. The Internet backbone is IPv6 enabled, all major OSs
 MvV>> support it. All major browsers and e-mail stuff supports it.
 MvV>> VOIP seems to still be a bit behind. But indeed, for most users
 MvV>> it "just works".

 TL> Well, browsing, a significant percentage of sites I visit are IPv6.

I have the IPvFox extension enabled for Firefox. So I can see when a site connects via IPv6.


Cheers, Michiel

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