Re: [tlug] IPv6

["Jim O'Connell" <oconnell@example.com>]

I've been wondering the same thing.  I've looked at the pages for it and of course it solves the problems of diminishing address space, but what else?
There's multicast, but I don't really have a need or desire to watch video over the web - I don't even watch TV...

Actually, some of the 'advantages' of IPv6 make me a bit uneasy - from a cursory glance, it looks like your machine is much more identifiable than if it were running that Intel processor ID from a while back.  I know that IPv4 isn't exactly anonymous, but at least I understand the implications a bit better.

Looking at the websites, I see a few HOWTO documents, but what I really wanted to see was a WHY document - what can I really do with it that I can't with v4?  Don't get the idea that I'm somehow against v6 - I really haven't formed an opinion.

Like a lot of people, I make do with one dynamic IP at home and I manage to do a *lot* with NAT, VPN and subnetting.  (Apache has the ability to serve up a site based upon the name by which it was called;  If routers could do NAT this way, instead of by port, I can't see that I'd ever need more than one IP address for home or a small site...) 

I think this would be an *excellent* topic for a technical meeting.  Anyone else?
(It looks like there was one back in '98 featuring IMASY - has anyone been using them for this? )

Cheers,
Jim

On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 09:51:34 +0900
"Uva Coder" <uvacoder@example.com> wrote:

> From: "Yamagata Hiroo" <hiyori13@example.com>
> > Does anyone have any experience with IPv6? 
> 
> Yes, I`ve been running IPv6 under Linux and a few other
> operating systems for several years.
> 
> > Suddently I had some sort of
> > an urge to kind of try it out, but then is there any practical
> > application that makes good use of IPv6 out there? (Xcast6?)
> 
> Yes, there are numerous applications and services that make use of IPv6. 
> Here is a short list: Nautilis-mozilla, vsftpd, dhcp, bitchx, xchat, xmms, 
> eggdrop, icecast, bind, exim, qmail, fetchmail, and apache. 
> 
> To be blown away by the progress that IPv6 networking has made
> recently, see: http://www.hs247.com. 
> 
> -- Uva  Coder  uvacoder@example.com
>     President, Tokyo Plan 9 Users Group
> 
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