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Re:The IPv6 Transition by otabdeveloper4 on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @12:04PM (#41926405)
> It's insane that, for me to connect to other computer, I need a middleman

It's not insane, it's the default and correct assumption. I certainly don't want random computers connecting to mine just because they want to.

STUN is a shitty solution to this problem, but IPv6 doesn't provide any solution at all, so a shitty solution wins here. Sorry.

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Re:The IPv6 Transition by orangeboats on Thursday October 24, 2024 @09:26PM (#41941490)
> IPv6 doesn't provide any solution at all

1. Reject the IPv6 solution

2. Say IPv6 doesn't have a solution

3. ???

4. Profit

Sigh.

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