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Hello Anna,

On Thursday January 13 2022 15:57, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> The transition to IPv6 should have been completed 10 years ago,
 MvdV>> /before/ the world ran out of IPv4 adresses.

 AN> You're absolutely right!

Thanks. But you end I being right does not change the reality that the
transition is not completed and that we are past the point where it can be
done without becoming ugly. Some of us will have to make do without a globally
routable IPv4 address before IPv6 is the dominant protocol.

 AN>>> And in my case, I don't have IPv6 at work, for example.

 MvdV>> So tell your boss that he needs to prepair for the case that
 MvdV>> when you are forced to work from home and can only be reached
 MvdV>> via IPv6.

 AN> :) I'm working for the local public library, a part of the
 AN> municipality.

As a volunteer or as a payed employee? I think it makes a difference. As a
volunteer you may have more influence and more freedom to make a difference.

 AN> And as I'm living in Germany, I'm happy that I do have a working
 AN> computer and not only a typewriter and a fax machine. Our library
 AN> building still has some IBM Type-1 cabling (from Token Ring-days) that
 AN> we're using for Ethernet via some adapters... I don't think that IPv6
 AN> days will come soon here...

While you equipment may be old, I do not think it is hopeless. Even WIndows XP
supports IPv6 and that IBM-1 cabling with ethernet adapter should be IP
version agnostic just like any other type of network cable. .

So what is stopping you - other than a boss paying you salary - to do some
updating?

 MvdV>> I mentioned feste-ip.net didn't I?

 AN> I didn't know that page, thanks for that info :)
 AN> But I'm happy that my setup is working at the moment as I've set it up

Sure. But there is a reason I took an account with them. Five years ago, I
figured there was a reasonable chance that I would loose my globally routable
IPv4 address. That is why I ran the DS-Lite emulation experiments. I wanted to
be prepared in case my ISP converted my connection to DS-Lite. It has not
happened yet. But when it happens, I will be prepaired.

 AN>>> But all my (own, private) servers do have IPv6 enabled and
 AN>>> reachable for years now (and I also have the IPv6 T-Shirt from
 AN>>> he.net *g*), so at least I'm prepared :)

 MvdV>> The T-shirt...  I already showed you mine didn't I? How about
 MvdV>> showing yours? ;-)

 AN> Hehe, nice try :) I guess it's looking basically the same :)

The shirt, but my guess is the bearer will look different. BTW I have to
confess I am not as young as I look on that picture of mine. It is over five
years old. ;-)


Cheers, Michiel
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