Subj : Re: Most memorable modern
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Boraxman
Date : Wed May 07 2025 08:07 am

-=> poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Boraxman <=-

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-=> 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.

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

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

Luckily mine hasn't yet.  Carrier grade NAT really puts a stake in the heart of
what the Internet is about, peer to peer connectivity.  Of course, its all moot
when we transistion to IPv6.

There is a part of me that thinks there are some who WANT to block us behind a
NAT to make peer-to-peer setups more difficult, forcing us into centralised
solutions.


... BoraxMan
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