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Re:IPv6 Is Hard by throw0101c on Monday February 17, 2025 @09:38PM (#43085516)
> Your isp dns converts the AAAA record to AA record with the ipv4 of it's own (only router) configured dualstack machine, that machine does cgnat46 and visits the ipv6 only server.

You mean like:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6_transition_mechanism#464X...

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4over6

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Re:IPv6 Is Hard by aboardRat4 on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @09:25PM (#43110372)
Not, it's the other way round.

If an isp already has full ipv6 deployment, accommodating for ipv4 is easy.

The biggest issue is, surprisingly, not ISPs, but service providers.

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