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   Rick Smith to Michiel van der Vlist   
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   12 Sep 21 06:37:06   
   
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   Hello Michiel!   
      
   Sunday September 12 2021 10:17, you wrote to me:   
      
    MV>  * Forwarded from area 'IPV6'   
    MV> Hello Rick,   
      
    MV> On Saturday September 11 2021 18:56, you wrote to All:   
      
    MV> Good to see you linked up here.   
      
    RS>> It has been suggested that I use ipv6, in a nutshell are there   
    RS>> advantages of using, disadvantages to not using? Or is it just   
    RS>> fun and nerdy to do so?   
      
    MV> Warning: I am an IPv6 evangelist. I have been promoting the use of   
    MV> IPv6 in Fidonet for over a decade, so I may be a bit biased. ;-)   
      
   Noted...   
      
    MV> When your ISP already provides you with IPv6, making your Fidonet   
    MV> nodes IPv6 capable is very easy. I see that you run Binkd Linux. Linux   
    MV> has been supporting IPv6 for "ages" and binkd supports IPv6 from   
    MV> version 1.00. All you have to do is open port 24554, or 24556 in your   
    MV> case, in your firewall(s) and add an AAAA record to awesome.abon.us.   
      
    MV> So how about it?   
      
   I will contact my isp and activate my ipv6 tomorrow and start reading on how   
   to implement in my network.. I have unifi at home here...   
      
   Rick   
      
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