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People still working in IT, thoughts on IPv6? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by Tekkip20@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Now currently I'm not in the workforce, but in the past from my work experience, apprenticeship and temp roles, I've always seen ipv4 and not ipv6!

Hell, my ISP seems to exclusively use ipv4 (unless behind nats they're using ipv6)

Do you think a lot of people stick with the earlier iteration because they have been so familiar with it for a long time?

When you look at a ipv6, it looks menacing with a long string of letters and numbers compared to the more simpler often.

I am aware the IP bucket has gone dry and they gotta bring in a new IP cow with a even bigger bucket, but what do you think? Do you yourself or your firm use ipv4 or 6?

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[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 month ago (12 children)

We turn it off in our office. It doesn’t benefit us.

You could also make the argument that ipv4 through NAT is better for privacy since it obfuscate what, and how many devices are connected to where.

[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

IPv6 has privacy addresses, though. Stuff on my network generates a new random address every day and uses that address for outgoing connections, so you can't really track individual devices inside my network.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can just look at what addresses from that range have left the network in any given 24 hour window.

If AAAA is constantly reaching our to aussie.zone one day, and the next day AAAB is reaching out to that address you can pretty easily connect the dots.

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