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   Hello Anna,   
      
   On Thursday January 13 2022 15:57, you wrote to me:   
      
    MvdV>> The transition to IPv6 should have been completed 10 years ago,   
    MvdV>> /before/ the world ran out of IPv4 adresses.   
      
    AN> You're absolutely right!   
      
   Thanks. But you end I being right does not change the reality that the   
   transition is not completed and that we are past the point where it can be   
   done without becoming ugly. Some of us will have to make do without a globally   
   routable IPv4 address before IPv6 is the dominant protocol.   
      
    AN>>> And in my case, I don't have IPv6 at work, for example.   
      
    MvdV>> So tell your boss that he needs to prepair for the case that   
    MvdV>> when you are forced to work from home and can only be reached   
    MvdV>> via IPv6.   
      
    AN> :) I'm working for the local public library, a part of the   
    AN> municipality.   
      
   As a volunteer or as a payed employee? I think it makes a difference. As a   
   volunteer you may have more influence and more freedom to make a difference.   
      
    AN> And as I'm living in Germany, I'm happy that I do have a working   
    AN> computer and not only a typewriter and a fax machine. Our library   
    AN> building still has some IBM Type-1 cabling (from Token Ring-days) that   
    AN> we're using for Ethernet via some adapters... I don't think that IPv6   
    AN> days will come soon here...   
      
   While you equipment may be old, I do not think it is hopeless. Even WIndows XP   
   supports IPv6 and that IBM-1 cabling with ethernet adapter should be IP   
   version agnostic just like any other type of network cable. .   
      
   So what is stopping you - other than a boss paying you salary - to do some   
   updating?   
      
    MvdV>> I mentioned feste-ip.net didn't I?   
      
    AN> I didn't know that page, thanks for that info :)   
    AN> But I'm happy that my setup is working at the moment as I've set it up   
      
   Sure. But there is a reason I took an account with them. Five years ago, I   
   figured there was a reasonable chance that I would loose my globally routable   
   IPv4 address. That is why I ran the DS-Lite emulation experiments. I wanted to   
   be prepared in case my ISP converted my connection to DS-Lite. It has not   
   happened yet. But when it happens, I will be prepaired.   
      
    AN>>> But all my (own, private) servers do have IPv6 enabled and   
    AN>>> reachable for years now (and I also have the IPv6 T-Shirt from   
    AN>>> he.net *g*), so at least I'm prepared :)   
      
    MvdV>> The T-shirt...  I already showed you mine didn't I? How about   
    MvdV>> showing yours? ;-)   
      
    AN> Hehe, nice try :) I guess it's looking basically the same :)   
      
   The shirt, but my guess is the bearer will look different. BTW I have to   
   confess I am not as young as I look on that picture of mine. It is over five   
   years old. ;-)   
      
      
   Cheers, Michiel   
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