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The article is conveniently ignoring that getting your own IP block ranges from practically impossible (ipv4) to very involved (ipv6). And then you also need to
by zokier 1y ago
The article is conveniently ignoring that getting your own IP block ranges from practically impossible (ipv4) to very involved (ipv6). And then you also need to figure out way to route traffic for that IP block; not all ISPs and hosting providers are willing to offer BGP sessions and whatnot. In any case it will be orders of magnitude more expensive than basic domain name and DNS hosting.
- nixpulvis 1y agoYea. While owning a domain record isn't bulletproof, owning an IP address AFAIK is much more complex and expensive. If you own a domain, when your IP address changes it's generally a short migration.
- al_borland 1y agoIn the spirit of domains as a public good, mentioned in the article, couldn’t some organization procure a block of IPv6 IPs to distribute them and handle those hoops for everyone?
- zokier 1y agoSome organization like RIPE or ARIN? Both which are non-profits and whose main activity is to distribute IP (and AS) numbers
- al_borland 1y agoI briefly looked at ARIN’s requirements before posting. I can’t just go request a single address, as I don’t think I meet any of these conditions. - Have an IPv4 assignment from ARIN or one of its predecessors - Intend to immediately be IPv6 multi-homed - Have 13 end sites (offices, data centers, etc.) within one year - Use 2,000 IPv6 addresses within one year - Use 200 /64 subnets within one year That’s what I was thinking an intermediary would be needed, unless they change their policies.
- exiguus 1y agoYou need very different hard- and software for that. How to become your own ISP[1] is a nice talk about that. [1] https://media.ccc.de/v/2025-170-how-to-become-your-own-isp https://media.ccc.de/v/2025-170-how-to-become-your-own-isp