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Re:The old internet shows signs of quietly coming back by d0gsg0w00f on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @09:36PM (#30080986)
> I can picture someone running an IPv6-only service on their phone to impress their friends. I know what their smile would look like because that was once my smile, too.

Wow. Do you know if there's any enthusiasts out there doing this? A phone would actually be a great hosting device for tinkerers. It's always on, always connected, and supports IPv6.

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Re:The old internet shows signs of quietly coming back by zozbot234 on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @10:25PM (#30081298)
A phone is a poor hosting device in a conventional sense, because it's battery powered and keeping the connection up will drain the battery. If you want to P2P-host something via your phone, it should be a service that can somehow piggyback on the ephemeral network connection strategy that mobile devices are already using. The closest thing I've seen to that might be SecureScuttlebutt, but even then it's not ideal. IPFS hosting might also work, but again only on a highly ephemeral basis.
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Re:The old internet shows signs of quietly coming back by miyuru on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @11:55PM (#30081898)
I tested this with my old phone and it certainly worked even on non rooted android but I do not deployed it full time.

There is however this starlink dashboard hosted by awlnx on starlink and its IPv6 only. https://starlink.awlnx.space

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