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> So having all devices on public addresses was stupid to begin with on IPv4 and it was arrogantly stupid on IPv6. "Yeah? Well, you know, that's just like uh,
by throw0101d 6mo ago
> So having all devices on public addresses was stupid to begin with on IPv4 and it was arrogantly stupid on IPv6.
"Yeah? Well, you know, that's just like uh, your opinion, man." — The Dude
Publicly addressable ≠ publicly reachable.
When I was with my last ISP which had IPv6, my printer had a public address, but the only people who could reach it were those on my home network.
- general1465 6mo agoWith this logic, my printer can be reachable on google.com, but only from my private network, does not turn my printer into Google.