From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 6 22:06:33 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 E35F71065675 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 22:06:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1smout1.broadpark.no (osl1smout1.broadpark.no [80.202.4.58]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E3598FC16 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 22:06:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Received: from osl1sminn1.broadpark.no ([80.202.4.59]) by osl1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-3.01 (built Jul 12 2007; 32bit)) with ESMTP id <0JXB00GQNXEPK240@osl1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:06:25 +0100 (CET) Received: from kg-work.kg4.no ([80.202.173.59]) by osl1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-3.01 (built Jul 12 2007; 32bit)) with SMTP id <0JXB007XMXEP5A62@osl1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:06:25 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:06:25 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-id: <20080306230625.5c6df098.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-reply-to: <20080306192408.4C1864500E@ptavv.es.net> References: <20080306104139.GX68971@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20080306192408.4C1864500E@ptavv.es.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.8 (GTK+ 2.12.8; i386-portbld-freebsd6.3) X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq; m"_0v; ~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH Subject: Re: INET6 -- and why I don't use it X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:06:34 -0000 On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:24:08 -0800 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. 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. -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen