Subj : Re: Most memorable modern
To   : Boraxman
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Tue May 06 2025 09:08 am

-=> Boraxman wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

Bo> I was hoping with IPv6 that each person could somehow obtain a static
Bo> IP or IP range that was static within a country/region.  That way it
Bo> acted like a psuedo internet phone number, and chat clients could work
Bo> without a central controller.

I suppose, even with IPV4 and DDNS, you could do something like that.
More and more ISPs are moving to carrier-grade NAT, though - eliminating
any possibility of interconnection.

XMPP/Jabber would have done that - run your own jabber server and
with DDNS or a static IP you could connect directly.



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