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There are some pretty big protests happening right now: https://bsky.app/profile/chadbourn.bsky.social/post/3mbvphn4...
That doesn't explain why they would want to block IPv6 specifically , and not also block IPv4.
Government enacted shut down due to protests. I'd like to hear more about how they actually do this. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-cutting-internet-amid-dead...
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There are some pretty big protests happening right now: https://bsky.app/profile/chadbourn.bsky.social/post/3mbvphn4...
That doesn't explain why they would want to block IPv6 specifically , and not also block IPv4.
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(going with recent ipv6 discussion) they probably failed to make it work properly and decided that it's easier to block it
Is this an attempt at a joke, or do you actually seriously believe a country capable of enriching uranium isn't capable of hiring competent network engineers?
And for fellow HN users from there, here's some great stuff: https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/ https://bitchat.free/
Government enacted shut down due to protests. I'd like to hear more about how they actually do this. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-cutting-internet-amid-dead...
Government enacted shut down due to protests. I'd like to hear more about how they actually do this. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-cutting-internet-amid-dead...
Most likely they just go to the head of the ISP (I bet there's only one) and say turn the internet off or else.
One doesn't get to be the head of a business in a country like Iran without being a True Believer.
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Why would they want to block IPv6 specifically?
IDK for sure, but might be harder to maintain, monitor, and block. One characteristic of v4 is it's somewhat reasonable to do a straight forward block on a range of addresses to shut down access. This is still somewhat possible with v6, but harder as there's simply a much larger portion of ip addresses that can be all over the place. It's theoretically a lot easier for anyone that wants to bypass a simple filter to g…
But, it is a new skill, and you can turn off v6 at small cost if you're already ok with heavily restricting v4.