Tell HN: Hacker News now supports IPv6

#1

Post by p1mrx » Tue, Jan 23, 2024, 3:00 AM UTC

My browser just started connecting to Hacker News over IPv6 today:

  $ host news.ycombinator.com
  news.ycombinator.com has address 209.216.230.207
  news.ycombinator.com has IPv6 address 2606:7100:1:67::26

Both IP addresses share the same ASN (M5 Computer Security): https://bgp.he.net/ip/209.216.230.207 https://bgp.he.net/ip/2606:7100:1:67::26

The raw IP address correctly redirects to HN: http://[2606:7100:1:67::26]

Good job so far! Please don't pull a Reddit and turn it off again.

Re: Tell HN: Hacker News now supports IPv6

#2

Post by tlivolsi » Tue, Jan 23, 2024, 3:19 AM UTC

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Re: Tell HN: Hacker News now supports IPv6

#3

Post by supriyo-biswas » Tue, Jan 23, 2024, 3:21 AM UTC

Technically the goal of enabling IPv6 can be done through Cloudflare as well, which they enabled a few days ago. I wonder why they turned it off and are back to directly serving traffic.

Re: Tell HN: Hacker News now supports IPv6

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Post by SamuelAdams » Tue, Jan 23, 2024, 3:25 AM UTC

tlivolsi wrote: post #2

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Can you explain this more? Why are you so tied to ipv4?

I recently enabled IPv6 on my home network, and roughly 30-40% of all internet traffic goes through IPv6. Things are noticeably faster, especially connection times to online games on Xbox Live.

My only complaint is that my ISP keeps changing the prefix every quarter or so, so my static addresses need to be updated in the firewall and other places. I am looking into link local addresses but the cocktail of tech is tricky.

Re: Tell HN: Hacker News now supports IPv6

#5

Post by CSSer » Tue, Jan 23, 2024, 3:27 AM UTC

tlivolsi wrote: post #2

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The next few months may be hard for you. AWS will start charging for ipv4 on February 1st, so it’s likely that either a mass migration is coming or prices for many services will increase accordingly to pass that cost along to customers.

Re: Tell HN: Hacker News now supports IPv6

#6

Post by teaearlgraycold » Tue, Jan 23, 2024, 3:28 AM UTC

SamuelAdams wrote: post #4

tlivolsi wrote: post #2

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Can you explain this more? Why are you so tied to ipv4? I recently enabled IPv6 on my home network, and roughly 30-40% of all internet traffic goes through IPv6. Things are noticeably faster, especially connection times to online games on Xbox Live. My only complaint is that my ISP keeps changing the prefix every quarter or so, so my static addresses need to be updated in the firewall and other places. I am looking i…

Why would things be faster over v6?

Re: Tell HN: Hacker News now supports IPv6

#7

Post by danpalmer » Tue, Jan 23, 2024, 3:29 AM UTC

teaearlgraycold wrote: post #6

SamuelAdams wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you explain this more? Why are you so tied to ipv4? I recently enabled IPv6 on my home network, and roughly 30-40% of all internet traffic goes through IPv6. Things are noticeably faster, especially connection times to online games on Xbox Live. My only complaint is that my ISP keeps changing the prefix every quarter or so, so my static addresses need to be updated in the firewall and other places. I am looking i…

Why would things be faster over v6?

IPv6 was a lot more than a numbering scheme, there are performance (and security?) improvements in a number of aspects of IP networking, like more compression in parts of the messages IIRC.

Re: Tell HN: Hacker News now supports IPv6

#8

Post by xyst » Tue, Jan 23, 2024, 3:29 AM UTC

Next is TLS 1.3 support, hopefully :)

# openssl s_client -connect news.ycombinator .com:443 -tls1_3 CONNECTED(00000003) 4160736388:error:1409442E:SSL routines:ssl3_read_bytes:tlsv1 alert protocol version:ssl/record/rec_layer_s3.c:1562:SSL alert number 70 --- no peer certificate available --- No client certificate CA names sent --- SSL handshake has read 7 bytes and written 244 bytes Verification: OK --- New, (NONE), Cipher is (NONE) Secure Renegotiation IS NOT supported No ALPN negotiated Early data was not sent Verify return code: 0 (ok)

Re: Tell HN: Hacker News now supports IPv6

#9

Post by SamuelAdams » Tue, Jan 23, 2024, 3:30 AM UTC

teaearlgraycold wrote: post #6

SamuelAdams wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you explain this more? Why are you so tied to ipv4? I recently enabled IPv6 on my home network, and roughly 30-40% of all internet traffic goes through IPv6. Things are noticeably faster, especially connection times to online games on Xbox Live. My only complaint is that my ISP keeps changing the prefix every quarter or so, so my static addresses need to be updated in the firewall and other places. I am looking i…

Why would things be faster over v6?

> By reducing header complexity, IPv6 contributes to better overall network performance and efficiency. This is especially noticeable in applications sensitive to latency, such as real-time communication and online gaming.

https://www.prefixbroker.com/news/is-ipv6-faster-than-ipv4-a....

Re: Tell HN: Hacker News now supports IPv6

#10

Post by baby_souffle » Tue, Jan 23, 2024, 3:30 AM UTC

Ha! Beat me to it!

For anybody that's curious, the IP-Foo [0] browser extension puts a little 4/6 icon in the address bar to make it clear at a glance which dialect you're speaking for $currentWebPage

[0]: https://github.com/pmarks-net/ipvfoo