Subj : IPv6 Nodes in Fidonet.
To   : Kees van Eeten
From : Andre Grueneberg
Date : Mon Jan 28 2013 23:50:32

Hi Kees

Kees van Eeten schrieb:

 AG>> Especially taking into account that implementing some TCP-proxy that
 AG>> allows connections via IPv6 to IPv4-only software should be simple.
 KvE>  I know this is done with e.g. DD-WRT to connect an internal IPv6
 KvE> lan to  a IPv4 internet connection. I can imagine that it can work
 KvE> the otherway  around, but can it coexeist with a IPv6 tunnel.

Well, that's most likely NAT64+DNS64 or the like.
I was rather suggesting a more simple thing, like tcpproxy (http://www.spreadspace.org/tcpproxy/).

 KvE>  Could the proxy be implemented on a IPv6 capable Win-XP, that
 KvE> also hosts  the IPv4 software.

In principle yes ... it's a rather simple setup to listen for IPv6 connections and put them through to a pre-defined IPv4 destination.

CU Andre               E-Mail: andre@grueneberg.de 
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