Subj : ipv6 live testing ?
To   : Daniel Path
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Mon Mar 22 2021 19:56:44

Hello Daniel,

On Monday March 22 2021 19:18, you wrote to me:

 MV>> I tested your binkp server. It does not support IPv6. No surprise
 MV>> considering that you run OS/2. OS/2 does not support IPv6 and
 MV>> most likely never will...

 DP> hmmm, maybe its easier to implement ipv6 on os/2 than i tought, if
 DP> anyone interested:

There are tricks to make IPv4 only servers answer on IPv6. It is called an IPv6 to Ipv4 proxy. As it happens my http server works that way. The proxy is called Relay6. Windows also has a build in proxy. It is in netsh. The netsh method is unstable on XP, but on 7 and up it reported to work fine.

 DP> https://serverfault.com/questions/276515/use-iptables-to-forward-ipv6-
 DP> to-ipv4

Tommi Koivula runs binkd OS/2 in combination with a proxy. Perhaps you should ask him for details. Benny Pedersen has run XinetD as a 6to4 proxy on linux.

All that is for incoming. Outgoing is a bit more difficult...

 DP> now i just need some time for this.

We wait (im)patiently. ;-)


Cheers, Michiel

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