Subj : IPv6 connection
To   : Tony Langdon
From : Kees van Eeten
Date : Mon Jun 05 2017 20:25:36

Hello Tony!

05 Jun 17 08:38, you wrote to me:

 TL> Well, you can minimise that with TTL values and other features of modern
 TL> DNS servers.

 I know I can, but I see no need to do it now. Changes are sparse and far
 apart. My DNS hoster is a not for profit, that I a a member of. No need
 to load their services for just the occasion that I would want a quick
 update.

 Shortening the TTL in anticipation of a change, was not a possibillity now,
 as I could not see this coming.

 TL> Yeah, I conclude dynamic IPs are a pain.  That's why I run static IPs for
 TL> all of my servers, and pay the little bit extra for my ISP to assign me a
 TL> static prefix. :)

 Getting a static address may not be a option for some. I know some ISP's
 deliberately change dynamic adresses every x hours.

 I am lucky that I have a static address on my ADSL. But e-mail blacklist
 consider it dynamic.

 My Cable address is dynamic, with a lease time of over a 4 weeks.
 If I do not release the address for some time, I get the same address,
 I have had the current one for a couple of years already.

 Changes in the past were mainly due to restucturing and hardware repalcement
 by the ISP. I have never changed the mac address of the hardware I use
 to connect to this ISP. It is the same as with my first connect.

Kees

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