Subj : Re: FidoNews submission
To : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Dan Clough
Date : Fri May 30 2025 09:35 am
-=> Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Dan Clough <=-
MvV>> In fact for many in the world it already has stopped "working just
MvV>> fine" after their ISP put their IPv4 behind CGNAT.
DC> Yeah, well, I can't worry about (or fix) all the world's problems.
DC> Many people go to sleep hungry every night too. That sucks, but I
DC> can't fix that,
MvV> But contrary to all these other problems, this is something you CAN do
MvV> something about. You CAN upgrade your system to support IPv6. You may
MvV> perceive it as not needed and you may be lucky and indeed not need it
MvV> any time soon. IPv4 exhaustion may not be as big a problem in your neck
MvV> of the woods as it is here. In the beginning your part of the world got
MvV> a lot of IPv4. More than a fair share. So be it. But what happened to
MvV> hat pioneer spirit that once made Fidonet great? Fidonet sysops were
MvV> always eager to try out new technology. so what is stopping you from
MvV> giving IPv6 a try? It isn't really hard once you get the hang of it.
MvV> Why not give it a try? Just for the fun of it?
My ISP doesn't offer me IPv6. I'm not interested in putzing around to
get some "workaround" tunnel thing working. Don't have time for such
silliness, and there is no "fun of it" for me, as I'm just not
interested in something which isn't a problem for me.
MvV> You are welcome to join the IPv6 echo where you can get all the help
MvV> you need from the IPv6 gurus in Fidonet.
Yes, I read the echo. Seems to be mostly a self-congratulatory meeting
place of mutual celebration/masturbation, with the repetitive posting of
a list of Fido nodes who offer IPv6 connections. Doesn't interest me.
... Apathy Error: Strike any key...or none, for that matter.
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