I spent a week without IPv4 to understand IPv6 transition mechanisms

Re:I spent a week without IPv4 to understand IPv6 transition... by KronisLV on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @09:35AM (#35055770)

> Further, because you don't have only one external IP, you don't have to futz around with non-default ports if you want multiple instances of the same service (e.g., Minecraft), because each instance can have its own IP.

This is an interesting point though personally I love how easy container technologies made exposing arbitrary ports, without trying to configure the software itself, or checking whether it even supports customizing the port.

For example, I could have 3 database instances, each using 3306, but expose them on 30000, 30001 and 30002 or whatever I want.

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Re:I spent a week without IPv4 to understand IPv6 transition... by yrro on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @02:37PM (#35060082)

But the things connecting to them need to know which non-default ports to use!

The Gods intended for each database service to have its own IP address and I curse the market forces that have trapped so many of us in the quagmire of NAPT!

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