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A comment on AWS to start charging for IPv4 usage, but critical services don't support IPv6. Parent comment

Re:AWS to start charging for IPv4 usage, but critical servic... by saltminer on Friday November 10, 2023 @01:35PM (#38222658)
> I really do not want this.

Then disable it. IPv6 SLAAC privacy extensions are device-controlled, meaning neither your ISP nor your router can force you to use/not use them (unless they're so incompetent that they do things like hand out /128s).

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Re:AWS to start charging for IPv4 usage, but critical servic... by hot_gril on Friday November 10, 2023 @01:49PM (#38222834)
Well, what I do is disable ipv6. I don't want the possibility that this is misconfigured, especially if the defaults tend to be wrong. Maybe my router doesn't even respect my firewall settings, like this: https://community.verizon.com/t5/Fios-Internet-and-High-Spee... Maybe the customer is wrong, but this shouldn't even be a question.

The rare times I want something publicly accessible, I use DMZ or port forwarding.

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