Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 19:47:01 -0700 From: Mel Pilgrim <list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com> To: Ultima <ultima@ultimasbox.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: IPv6-only network--is NAT64+DNS64 really this easy now? Message-ID: <19784363-6543-ccc1-b13f-5f1a67dc10d1@bluerosetech.com> In-Reply-To: <CANJ8om6WmNQWibnSCMR2hf09he-wWBUnBmY5Mnn7%2BNtvUHhcBQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <5e24739b-bbd0-d94a-5b0e-53fdeba81245@bluerosetech.com> <CANJ8om6WmNQWibnSCMR2hf09he-wWBUnBmY5Mnn7%2BNtvUHhcBQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2019-06-24 19:33, Ultima wrote: > Hello Mel, > > While it may be possible to have an IPv6 only environment, I don't > think it is really viable. There are simply too many things that don't run > on or have very limited support for IPv6 that it makes it very hard > to drop IPv4 altogether and until something comes along forcing the > move it likely won't happen for at least another decade at the minimum. Yes, that is why I wrote "Waving a hand at bug-hunting and lamentations over the inertia of embedded systems designers". This a lab experiment specifically to iron out the very wrinkles you just stated. > On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 6:50 PM Mel Pilgrim <list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com> > wrote: > >> I'm looking to set up a pure-IPv6 environment to test the viability of >> it. I tried this a few years ago and fell flat on my face due to the >> lack of NAT64 and DNS64 support. >> >> Reading through docs now, it looks like unbound has a DNS64 module, and >> NAT64 is baked into ipfw. Waving a hand at bug-hunting and lamentations >> over the inertia of embedded systems designers, has it really become >> this easy to turn up an IPv6-only site?
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