Re:AWS to start charging for IPv4 usage, but critical servic...
by lxgr on Friday November 10, 2023 @12:44PM
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> * "It's so hard to initiate a connection to something behind a ipv4 NAT firewall!! "
> Is that going to change with ipv6?
Yes, because stateful firewalls are much easier to consistently traverse than NAPTs. This alone is a huge advantage for P2P applications.
Behind a (usually symmetric) CG-NAT, I have no way to directly connect to anybody else behind one without a relaying server (which are expensive and add needless latency).
> Are you _really_ just going to allow random traffic into your network?
No, but nobody is suggesting that.
> ipv6 is a distraction from the really problem of control and privacy
IPv6 is also doing nothing to combat pollution by microplastics and overfishing.
> Is that going to change with ipv6?
Yes, because stateful firewalls are much easier to consistently traverse than NAPTs. This alone is a huge advantage for P2P applications.
Behind a (usually symmetric) CG-NAT, I have no way to directly connect to anybody else behind one without a relaying server (which are expensive and add needless latency).
> Are you _really_ just going to allow random traffic into your network?
No, but nobody is suggesting that.
> ipv6 is a distraction from the really problem of control and privacy
IPv6 is also doing nothing to combat pollution by microplastics and overfishing.