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The idea would be to add first class support for it in the OS. Your ISP DHCP could add an addtional option specifying your upstream ISP address as well as your
by seiferteric 5y ago
The idea would be to add first class support for it in the OS. Your ISP DHCP could add an addtional option specifying your upstream ISP address as well as your local address for example. Then your hosts interface will get configured with both addresses and automatically add wrap outgoing ip packets in the outer address.
- welterde 5y agoThis would also be possible with IPv6 (not with DHCP involvement, but with other mechanisms). But the issue is that some ISPs (and cloud providers) simply don't care or even actively drag their feet (since it may be in their business interest to do so for now).