Subj : ipv6 live testing ?
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Tommi Koivula
Date : Thu Mar 25 2021 15:38:24

Hi Michiel.

25 Mar 21 11:02, you wrote to me:

 TK>> ===
 TK>> proxy privoxy.localnet:8118
 TK>> ===

 MV> Ah, now I get it. You use the http proxy feature of binkd! I never thought
 MV> about that. I always skipped that section in the docs, thinking "I will most
 MV> likely never need that". I never realised it could be used for a 4to6 proxy as
 MV> well. And the reason for that in turn is because I do not need a 4to6 proxy for
 MV> my binkd. It handles IPv6 natively...

 MV> Of course this trick only works for binkd. We see two "IO" flags in
 MV> the list of
 MV> IPv6 nodes. It is my understanding that they use a 6to4 relay for incoming.
 MV> They have no outgoing IPv6 for their binkd client. They both run Radius. Your
 MV> trick won't work for them...

Radius can use http proxy as well. I have tested it. The only problem with it is that it tries to resolve the address and it does not understand IPv6 address. I can poll you with Radius later when I get back home. :)

'Tommi

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