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Re:External IPv6 addresses for VM instances is now in Genera... by scrollaway on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @01:01PM (#27986089)
Would you notice if it did?
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Re:External IPv6 addresses for VM instances is now in Genera... by p1mrx on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @01:17PM (#27986303)
Yes, the IPvFoo icon would change from 4 (red) to 6 (green).
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Re:External IPv6 addresses for VM instances is now in Genera... by scrollaway on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @01:25PM (#27986425)
And the point of that is...?

Don't get me wrong i see the point of IPv6. What I don't see the point of is vaguely complaining when some random website (that doesn't even sub-host) doesn't support it.

"It'll make my thing green" isn't really a selling point, now, is it?

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Re:External IPv6 addresses for VM instances is now in Genera... by p1mrx on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @01:33PM (#27986575)
Well, a more pragmatic reason is that over time, CGNAT will force more users behind shared IPv4 addresses, so websites with IPv6 will be able to do abuse detection more accurately.

Migrating popular traffic from CGNAT to IPv6 can also improve performance for some users, and reduce the long-term costs of CGNAT for ISPs.

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Re:External IPv6 addresses for VM instances is now in Genera... by jlokier on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @03:20PM (#27988433)
Not disagreeing, but I'd like to mention a noticable proportion of IPv6 end users are behind CGNAT too. IPv6 doesn't remove CGNAT for everyone.
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Re:External IPv6 addresses for VM instances is now in Genera... by zekica on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @03:36PM (#27988661)
I don't understand. There is no CGNAT in IPv6. You can do NPT (network prefix translation) if you really wanted, but why would you let users share the same IPv6 address/prefix as it is too much work (and not needed in any realistic setup).
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Re:External IPv6 addresses for VM instances is now in Genera... by miohtama on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @05:38PM (#27990073)
Faster mobile connections
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Re:External IPv6 addresses for VM instances is now in Genera... by outworlder on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @03:51PM (#27988880)
> And the point of that is...?

Doing the right thing.

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Re:External IPv6 addresses for VM instances is now in Genera... by zamadatix on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @04:52PM (#27989556)
For the "News" portion no, for the "Hacker" portion absolutely.
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