From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 9 17:14:39 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBABC1065685 for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 17:14:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (unknown [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A65E8FC1E for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 17:14:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m29HEYQo077133; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 18:14:35 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id m29HEYBc077132; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 18:14:34 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 18:14:34 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200803091714.m29HEYBc077132@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no In-Reply-To: <20080306230625.5c6df098.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-stable User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.2-STABLE-20070808 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:14:35 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: Re: INET6 -- and why I don't use it X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:14:39 -0000 Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > Kevin Oberman wrote: > > You don't set up an IPv6 network. You simply have end nodes that will > > use IPv6 when/if it is available by just making a one-line change in > > rc.conf as opposed to a kernel re-build. > > But to make it (an ip v6 network) useful, I (as an end user) would need > a dns domain for the machines I control, preferable a zone that *I* have > control over. Yes, that's preferable. > In other words; if I have machines with ipv6 adresses that I can reach > globally, but don't have a dns name for them, the usefulness is very > limited. > > Is that challenge solved somehow with ipv6? > It doesn't look like dyndns.org supports ipv6 in their free service. Why use dyndns.org? Your IPv6 address isn't dynamic. Usually you get a static /64 subnet assigned, and the reverse DNS is delegated to you, so you have full control. My home ISP doesn't support native IPv6 yet (though they say they're working on it), but they host a SixXS node, so I registered with sixxs.org. (Everybody can register with them, even if your ISP doesn't have its own node.) Once you have registered, you can request a tunnel, and then you can get a static /64 subnet assigned, including reverse DNS delegation. Works fine for me. Now I can start to assign IPv6 addresses to my LEGO bricks. :-) Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing."         -- Mother Teresa