Subj : FSP-1038.001
To   : Markus Reschke
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Thu Nov 07 2013 11:40:11

Hello Markus,

On Wednesday November 06 2013 17:48, you wrote to Stas Degteff:

 SD>> FYI, any node with ipv4 MAY connect to IPv6 world using "6to4"
 SD>> tunnel or teredo or tunnel brocker. IPv6 on my node connected via
 SD>> 6to4 (address in the subnet 2002::)

 MR> Emphasis on "may" ;-) How much nodes are able to manage IPv6
 MR> transition mechanisms?

I expect my mother and my neighbour across the street to not be able to set up a tunnel, but then they are not Fidonet sysops. Setting up a Fidonet node requires over above average ability to deal with computers and so I expect that quit a lot of Fdionet sysops will be able to manage.

 MR>  And we shouldn't rely too much on Teredo since it's future is quite
 MR> uncertain.

Indeed. It relies on third parties to provide the servers and relays. Plus that - correct me if I am wrong - it is my understanding that Teredo does not work from behind double NAT.

But wait.... We do not need third parties to provide gateways. In Fidonet we already have a mechanism to get messages from one system to another if they can't connect directly. It is called routed mail. Any dual capability node can act as a gateway between IPv4 only and IPv6 only nodes.


Cheers, Michiel

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