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Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rob van der Putten <rob@sput.nl> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Date: Sun, 18 May 2025 10:14:08 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 31 Message-ID: <100c4sh$t8qt$1@dont-email.me> References: <pan$e6d88$f019cb49$2e3cccf9$253bfbf1@linux.rocks> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 18 May 2025 10:14:09 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e3eb947793b78da2ccf651ed2c16fb2d"; logging-data="959325"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+9PsQY0vfjQUq2DR4bRsSf" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:GmRgMGprEH/CLFJvJ3K47H2XUYY= Content-Language: en-GB, nl-NL In-Reply-To: <pan$e6d88$f019cb49$2e3cccf9$253bfbf1@linux.rocks> Bytes: 2015 Hi there On 15/05/2025 20:42, Farley Flud wrote: > GNU/Linux has total IPv6 capabilities but this is also fully > configurable. > > Since I operate a standalone workstation that is only connected > to the Internet via Comcast, my system and software configuration > only includes IPv4. (My local network certainly does not require > it.) > > IOW, I don't need IPv6 and therefore I exclude it. > > Does anybody use or need IPv6? Due to IPv4 address shortages IPv4 addresses get recycled a lot. And with recycling comes the reputation of the previous user. Including blacklisting and outdated GEOIP Info. Consequently I avoid using IPv4 as much as I can. > I suppose that since the vast majority of GNU/Linux users depend > on a distro and that since most distros automatically enable > IPv6 the answer is that most users have IPv6 enabled whether they > need it or not. Regards, Rob