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I can't wait till everybody has an IPv6 modem/router. No more of this NAT hole punching or long polling crap for pushing notifications.
As far as hole punching/long polling, how is NAT different than a firewall with deny inbound and only allow outbound connections?
In practice, yeah, not much of a difference.
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> "It isn't running out. It is out." I think that's an unfair assessment. When every ipv4 address is actually used , it'll have run out. We're a long long way away from that scenario though. Vast ranges are "allocated" but "unused".
That's actually something I've been having a hard time finding: What percentage of IPv4 addresses are currently in use.
I always thought that when we ran out of IP4, that some of the companies holding on to Class A blocks would release parts of those for use. I'm not a master of how blocks are assigned or if addressing wise it would be feasible but really, does Ford fully use its Class A block? Prudential Insurance? Eli Lilly? GE?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assigned_/8_IP_address_...
Its a pretty interesting list of companies that still hold onto these blocks.
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Nothing. Even if you host websites, nothing until ipv4 actually gets scarce or costly. Just because all ipv4 address space is "allocated" doesn't mean it's used or even allocated to end users. I'd start worrying when you have to pay a lot of money to get a second IP on a server for example. That'll probably be years away.... still good to read up on ipv6 though.
Years away? Gosh! Depends a bit on where you want your servers to be located, I guess, but still. For a lot of server hosting customers, prices for additional IPs have already increased steadily over the last few months. But don't take my word for it, here's a bit from a recent APNIC announcement, for example: "APNIC expects normal allocations to continue for a further three to six months." ( https://www.apnic.net/pu…
That's just retail markup. If you peer with tier 1 transit providers you can still get IPv4 space for practically nothing.
Enough with the fear mongering headlines already. Yes, IANA allocated the last 5 /8's to the regional registries. IPv4 is not going anywhere anytime soon.
People have been beating the same "IPv4's time is running out" drum since the late 90's apparently
Hey... why aren't we moving anymore?
Let me get some popcorn. Any ideas of what will happen next? How far are we until some home users with outdated ISPs be blocked from the internet?
I think mobile carriers will be some of the first to transition. The number of devices they need to connect is exploding, and since they have more control over the devices than general ISPs, they can smooth the transition.
(edit: i can feel the down-voting coming)
I wonder how long it will take until there is a market for IP addresses. I suspect once such a market is in place IPv6 will not see widespread adoption, since most IPv4 addresses are not really used.
The market is here: https://www.arin.net/resources/transfer_listing/index.html
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> Do I need to request something from my ISP? Lobby them to see if they take it seriously? Yes, but it's less crucial for you. Ask for a timeline for IPv6, if you'd like, but don't expect much. You can also set up IPv6 for yourself or your home network via a tunnel (which is a pretty fun exercise), and get access to the IPv6-enabled Internet. All recent operating systems have very good support for it -- even Windows…
Or if you don't have static routable v4 address but have at least dynamically allocated v4 routable address you can use 6to4. I use this to configure my Debian-based router to change used v6 addresses to match DHCP-allocated v4: https://gist.github.com/806333 (bit of an ugly hack)
I asked this question on a similar article that gained no traction here recently: what do I, as a regular user of the internet, hosting no domains, and with no real responsibility for any website technicals, need to do about this? (Or what can I do about this?) Do I need to request something from my ISP? Lobby them to see if they take it seriously? Or do I have little choice but to hang around, feeling smug because I…
> Do I need to request something from my ISP? Lobby them to see if they take it seriously? Yes, but it's less crucial for you. Ask for a timeline for IPv6, if you'd like, but don't expect much. You can also set up IPv6 for yourself or your home network via a tunnel (which is a pretty fun exercise), and get access to the IPv6-enabled Internet. All recent operating systems have very good support for it -- even Windows…