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|    Anna Christina Nass to Michiel van der Vlist    |
|    Re: List of IPv6 nodes    |
|    06 Jan 22 08:55:00    |
      MSGID: 2:240/5824.1@fidonet f82e9ab5       REPLY: 2:280/5555 61d59542       PID: OpenXP/5.0.51 (Linux) (x86_64)       CHRS: ASCII 1       TZUTC: 0100       Am 05.01.22 schrieb Michiel van der Vlist@2:280/5555 in IPV6:              Hallo Michiel,              MvdV> I never understood why providers still issue dynamic adresses to their       MvdV> customers. It made sense in the time of dial up. But now with "always       MvdV> on" connections...              I think, today it is a way to sell their 'business' rates which        include static IPv4 and IPv6 prefix...              MvdV> Anyway, I too have a dynamic IPv4 address and a dynamic IPv6       MvdV> pefix. But in practice it is semi static. It does not change       MvdV> often enough to invest time and energy in automatic updates.              My first boss once told me: If something is to be done more than one        time, it's worth writing a script to automate it :)       But besides, you have to be noticed somehow that the IP/prefix has        been changed - or how do you know when to manually update your DNS?              Regards,       Anna              --- OpenXP 5.0.51        * Origin: Imzadi Box Point (2:240/5824.1)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 90/1 105/81 106/201 120/340 123/131 153/7715 226/30       SEEN-BY: 229/424 426 428 550 664 700 240/5138 5411 5824 5832 5853       SEEN-BY: 249/206 317 400 266/512 280/464 5555 282/1038 301/1 310/31       SEEN-BY: 317/3 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45 633/280 2452/250 2454/119       PATH: 240/5824 5832 229/426           |
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