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Re:IPv6 support for cloning Git repositories? by dboreham on Thursday September 29, 2022 @02:20PM (#33024978)
Nope. The packets are completely different. An IPv6 packet can only end up on an IPv6-capable host. If the two are going to speak to each other they need some kind of proxy.
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Re:IPv6 support for cloning Git repositories? by coding123 on Thursday September 29, 2022 @02:38PM (#33025207)
Yes, but I figured a proxy is available via ISP when you have ipv6.
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Re:IPv6 support for cloning Git repositories? by freshbob on Thursday September 29, 2022 @05:56PM (#33027836)
It's not a proxy, but the 6to4 protocol that ISPs use to tunnel traffic. ISPs usually have IPv4s available, so they used it in the beginning of the IPv6 transition. However, there were quickly some problems discovered and the whole thing was deprecated after a few years.

See <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6to4> for more information.

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