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Reminder that news.ycombinator.com still doesn't have an IPv6 address.

• scrollaway 5y ago
  Would you notice if it did?
  • p1mrx 5y ago
    Yes, the IPvFoo icon would change from 4 (red) to 6 (green).
    • scrollaway 5y ago
      And the point of that is...? Don't get me wrong i see the point of IPv6. What I don't see the point of is vaguely complaining when some random website (that doesn't even sub-host) doesn't support it. "It'll make my thing green" isn't really a selling point, now, is it?
      • p1mrx 5y ago
        Well, a more pragmatic reason is that over time, CGNAT will force more users behind shared IPv4 addresses, so websites with IPv6 will be able to do abuse detection more accurately. Migrating popular traffic from CGNAT to IPv6 can also improve performance for some users, and reduce the long-term costs of CGNAT for ISPs.
        • jlokier 5y ago
          Not disagreeing, but I'd like to mention a noticable proportion of IPv6 end users are behind CGNAT too. IPv6 doesn't remove CGNAT for everyone.
          • zekica 5y ago
            I don't understand. There is no CGNAT in IPv6. You can do NPT (network prefix translation) if you really wanted, but why would you let users share the same IPv6 address/prefix as it is too much work (and not needed in any realistic setup).
      • outworlder 5y ago
        > And the point of that is...? Doing the right thing.
      • miohtama 5y ago
        Faster mobile connections
  • zamadatix 5y ago
    For the "News" portion no, for the "Hacker" portion absolutely.