Subj : Re: Going all in on IPv6?
To   : deon
From : MeaTLoTioN
Date : Fri Jan 28 2022 13:54:09

On 28 Jan 2022, deon said the following...
 
 de> Howdy,
 de> 
 de> Has anybody who has IPv6 thought about ditching IPv4? I'm very tempted
 de> to do it.

The thought had crossed my mind, but I was unsure about how this would affect 
general internet use if I were no longer being able to access IPv4 addy's. This 





















































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































has answered that question.

 de> * Using a /96 from your network, it can map that to IPv4 address, so
 de> that that IPv6 clint can talk to an IPv4 system. It's all done in
 de> kernel space, but it essentially proxies the connection.

Interesting, seems like a neat idea and way of doing it.

 de> * For the reverse, where you have a service (eg: a BBS) and you want IPv4
 de> clients to connect to your BBS with only an IPv6 address. It's
 de> also done in kernel space, but it essentially is the same as NAT.
 de> 
 de> I guess for IPv4 connections, there is an additional hop and probably
 de> some latency, but for IPv6 to IPv6 connections its not part of the
 de> path, so you get your line speed.
 de> 
 de> I'll throw some more load at it and see how it handles more pressure.

What is the benefit of going all out IPv6? And what is a draw back of using 
both IPv6 and IPv4?

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