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It's 2024, you should be blocking GitHub (and, arguably, Steam) anyway. And if the hardware ( / firmware) is so shit that it still doesn't support it, you shoul
by BlueTemplar 2y ago
It's 2024, you should be blocking GitHub (and, arguably, Steam) anyway. And if the hardware ( / firmware) is so shit that it still doesn't support it, you shouldn't be using it, since it's basically e-waste at this point (and causing more e-waste by the network effect).
The issue with trying to run dual-stack is that now you have to learn two kinds of networking, and all the extra complexity (which is actually more than 2x, complexity doesn't scale linearly), which matters since mistakes here can easily become security mistakes.
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y ago> And if the hardware ( / firmware) is so shit that it still doesn't support it, you shouldn't be using it, since it's basically e-waste at this point (and causing more e-waste by the network effect). Well, no. If you have an IPv4 connection then the devices work, therefore they're not e-waste. If you make up a requirement to not use a still-functional technology and thus your gear breaks, that's a you problem.
- BlueTemplar 2y agoAt some point you won't have an IPv4 connection, which I hear is already the case for some Asian ISPs.
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y agoPerhaps. If that happens, then such devices might become e-waste (assuming that it happens before they're updated, because this can all be fixed in software). But at least where I am I seriously doubt that'll happen anytime soon, to the point that such devices are somewhat likely to have died of natural causes before then anyways.