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Re:AWS Lambda now supports IPv6 endpoints for inbound connec... by Sebb767 on Monday January 17, 2022 @04:10AM (#29964742)
I doubt it. They still default to giving an EC2 machine a public IPv4; if their primary motivation would be saving IP costs, they could easily go for the low-hanging fruit.
Re:AWS Lambda now supports IPv6 endpoints for inbound connec... by wwn_se on Monday January 17, 2022 @05:48AM (#29965279)
EC2 is not really low hanging fruit. Most expect to get a ipv4 when creating an instance and many relies on that. Cheaper instances with ipv6 only is probably coming
Re:AWS Lambda now supports IPv6 endpoints for inbound connec... by pferde on Monday January 17, 2022 @06:52AM (#29965648)
That's very likely. Hetzner already offers cheaper ipv6-only dedicated servers: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29471986
Re:AWS Lambda now supports IPv6 endpoints for inbound connec... by lmm on Monday January 17, 2022 @04:55AM (#29964959)
EC2 is their oldest service; I bet it has oodles of legacy workflows both on Amazon's side and on customers' side. Lambda is likely a much lower hanging fruit in terms of the effort required to make changes to it.
Re:AWS Lambda now supports IPv6 endpoints for inbound connec... by tsimionescu on Monday January 17, 2022 @09:01AM (#29966598)
To be pedantic, SNS is their oldest service, if I remember my AWS training correctly.
Re:AWS Lambda now supports IPv6 endpoints for inbound connec... by swaranga on Monday January 17, 2022 @01:19PM (#29969686)
You are thinking of SQS, the preview version of which was the first to be introduced. S3 was the first non-preview service made generally available.
Re:AWS Lambda now supports IPv6 endpoints for inbound connec... by jeffbarr on Monday January 17, 2022 @02:03PM (#29970375)
Correct - you know your AWS launch history!
Re:AWS Lambda now supports IPv6 endpoints for inbound connec... by qeternity on Monday January 17, 2022 @05:41AM (#29965241)
The number of deployed lambdas likely exceeds the number of ec2 instances by many multiples (pure conjecture). It's a perfect use-case for v6 - dual stack in front and then v6 internally.