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Re:Facebook-owned sites were down by Twisol on Monday October 04, 2021 @08:35PM (#28754171)
Oh my gosh, their IPv6 address contains "face:b00c"...

> 2a03:2880:f0fc:c:face:b00c:0:35

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Re:Facebook-owned sites were down by therein on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @12:06AM (#28755392)
Besides being fun and quirky, it is actually useful for their sysadmins as well as sysadmins at other orgs.

Well at least it will in 2036, when IPv6 goes mainstream.

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Re:Facebook-owned sites were down by forgotpwd16 on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @02:43AM (#28756187)
How difficult is to get such a "vanity" address?
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Re:Facebook-owned sites were down by account42 on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @03:49AM (#28756543)
You just need to get a large enough block so that you can throw most of it away by adding your own vanity part to the prefix you are given. IPv6 really isn't scarce so you can actually do that.
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Re:Facebook-owned sites were down by willstrafach on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @12:17PM (#28761490)
The face:b00c part is in the Interface ID, so this did not even need a large block (Though I am sure they have one).
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