alt Hacker NewsBut IPv6 is complex and inherently globally accessible. Yes, NAT IS not supposed to be a firewall but it works like one nonetheless in many cases.
IPv6 will never replace IPv4 because it is a different protocol rather than merely a new version. The name is a lie.
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zekica • yesterday at 8:34 AM
What do you mean globally accessible? All the devices on my network have global IPv6 addresses for the last 5 years - since my ISP enabled IPv6 but none of them are accessible unless I configure it.
kstrauser • yesterday at 5:11 AM
Very weird take, and not supported by facts or evidence, but OK.
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> IPv6 is... inherently globally accessible.
No, it's not. If you really want a NAT there is no reason you can't use a NAT with ipv6. In fact, it can work even better because instead of using a random port for the translation, you can use a random ip address for each connection.