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    From Nil Alexandrov@2:5015/46 to All on Mon Jun 9 08:42:44 2025
    Hey, just curious - why the focus on IPv6? FidoNet works over modems and IP anyway, so what's the point of differentiating between IPv4 and IPv6? Do you think there's a realistic scenario where incoming connections might fail on IPv4 but still work on IPv6?
    Best Regards, Nil
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  • From Michiel van der Vlist@2:280/5555 to Nil Alexandrov on Mon Jun 9 09:32:59 2025
    Hello Nil,

    On Monday June 09 2025 08:42, you wrote to All:

    Hey, just curious - why the focus on IPv6?

    Interesting new technology?

    FidoNet works over modems and IP anyway, so what's the point of differentiating between IPv4 and IPv6? Do you think there's a
    realistic scenario where incoming connections might fail on IPv4 but
    still work on IPv6?

    Yes, there is such a scenario. The pool of IPv4 adresses has run out. Some providers use so called CGNAT for their customets. That means they no longer have a unique glabally routable IPv4 address. That makes unsollicited incoming connection IPv4 impossible. IPv6 solves that problem.


    Cheers, Michiel

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  • From Stas Mishchenkov@2:460/5858 to Nil Alexandrov on Wed Jun 11 08:37:32 2025
    Hi Nil!

    Monday June 09 2025 08:42, you wrote to All:

    @MSGID: 2:5015/46 68467530
    Hey, just curious - why the focus on IPv6? FidoNet works over modems
    and IP anyway, so what's the point of differentiating between IPv4 and IPv6?
    Do you think there's a realistic scenario where incoming connections might fail on IPv4 but still work on IPv6?

    [08:37:09 brorabbit perl]$ grep -ic ino4 ~/nodelist/nodelist.367
    5

    And so on...

    Have a nice night.
    Stas Mishchenkov.

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