Hetzner now provides IPv6 only dedicated servers

Re:Hetzner now provides IPv6 only dedicated servers by edm0nd on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @09:54AM (#29473026)

First thing I can think of is spam and abuse

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Re:Hetzner now provides IPv6 only dedicated servers by profmonocle on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @10:01AM (#29473129)

If an IPv6 spam filter is working on a per-address basis, it's never going to work. The smallest allocation you can get from a RIR is a /48. Even residential ISPs give at least a /64. You could use a different address for every email and never run out.

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Re:Hetzner now provides IPv6 only dedicated servers by formerly_proven on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @09:58AM (#29473092)

Good luck sending emails with IPv6.

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Re:Hetzner now provides IPv6 only dedicated servers by BenjiWiebe on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @10:05AM (#29473178)

I do it already. Well, both IPv4 and IPv6. There's a decent number of IPv6 capable MX's out there, the most prominent being GMail.

If you were meaning IPv6-only then yes that would be pretty bad.

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Re:Hetzner now provides IPv6 only dedicated servers by profmonocle on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @10:03AM (#29473151)

It works fine with Gmail. And since G Suite is so widely used, tons of domains can send/receive mail over IPv6 just fine.

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Re:Hetzner now provides IPv6 only dedicated servers by vaylian on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @10:03AM (#29473153)

Why should that be an issue?

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Re:Hetzner now provides IPv6 only dedicated servers by erinnh on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @10:56AM (#29473882)

Some mail-admins will downgrade IPv6-only MX servers reputation-wise, due to the limiting/cost-increasing factor of IPv4 Addresses.

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