Subj : Re: WinPoint Version 402.1
To   : Martin Foster
From : Tim Schattkowsky
Date : Fri Mar 04 2022 15:05:14

//Hello Martin,//

on *04.03.22* at *13:33:28* You wrote in Area *WINPOINT*
to *Tim Schattkowsky* about *"WinPoint Version 402.1"*.

 MF> Hello Tim!

 MF> *** Thursday 03.03.22 at 19:31:22, Tim Schattkowsky wrote to All:

 TS>> in addition to IPv6 support,

 MF> For Fido purposes, what benefits does ipv6 have over ipv4 ?

It enables direct connection to nodes that would have been behing NAT using IPv4. In particular, some providers today already give customers no longer own IPv4 addresses, but share addresses among customers using NAT like the routers normally do at the customers home. Thus, many internet users today cannot host any kind of IPv4 server anymore.

 MF> [snip]
 TS>> because I have back problems since yesterday. Probably I have been
 TS>> sitting for too long ...

 MF> Ouch!
 MF> You have my sympathy.
 MF> I've had back trouble for the last 30+ years :-((

:( Comes and goes. Better today, but I am still limiting my activities ...

Regards,
Tim

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