Subj : IPv6 addresses in nodelist
To   : Nicholas Boel
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Mon Aug 19 2013 12:12:44

*** Answering a msg posted in area FTSC_PUBLIC (Public FTSC).

Hello Nicholas,

On Sunday August 18 2013 10:44, you wrote to me:

 MV>> A decent DNS provider will let you add an AAAA (IPv6) record, but
 MV>> unfortunately there are still a few arond that don't. :-(

 NB> I'm using Godaddy for my domains (no hosting, or anything other than
 NB> the domains) and they do, in fact, have a AAAA record. I just have to
 NB> tinker with ip6tables some more and get a decent firewall in place
 NB> before opening it up to the world.

A firewall supporting IPv6 is certainly recommended. I have installed OpenWrt on an old Linksys WRT54GL. It takes care of my he.net tunnel and it has a firewall that supports IPv6. Because of its limited memory, this version of Openwrt dispenses with a http server for configuration. It is console via SSH only. But for an experienced Fidonet sysop that should not be a big poroblem. ;-)

It has been running for almost three years now.

I wrote a couple of fidonews articles about it.


Cheers, Michiel

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