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This comment would make more sense if you said why IPv6 is a pain. It just works for me.
by globular-toast 6mo ago
This comment would make more sense if you said why IPv6 is a pain. It just works for me.
- mixmastamyk 6mo agoWorks but addresses are unreadable. Ensuring security on a small network is more difficult than it needs to be when addresses are gibberish. Still not sure mine is on IPv6.
- globular-toast 6mo agoCan you give examples of when you need to know IPv4 addresses for security reasons?
- mixmastamyk 6mo agoWhen I write firewall rules I write the address into them. There’s multiple address6s per host and complex enough I give up.
- mwwaters 6mo agoSLAAC and link-local is very different from DHCP/NAT/etc. in IPv4 world. Link-local addresses are pretty arcane in IPv4 while they are a central idea in IPv6. That’s fine. As pointed out elsewhere, DHCP was relatively new when IPv6 was introduced. But it is a learning curve well past just knowing the difference between NAT and stateful firewall.