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   Michiel van der Vlist to Victor Sudakov   
   Connection Tests   
   15 Apr 23 09:28:09   
   
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   Hello Victor,   
      
   On Tuesday April 11 2023 09:47, you wrote to me:   
      
    MV>> In IPv6 avery device has a Unique Global Address, so one   
    MV>> can simply create pinholes in advance as needed for the address   
    MV>> in question.   
      
    VS> Only when you know the IPv6 address and port beforehand.   
      
   When runing servers you normally do...   
      
    VS> Usually an IPv6 address on the home LAN is dynamic (SLAAC),   
      
   No. SLAAC addresses are not dynamic. They are derived from the MAC address.   
      
    VS> and the port in peer-to-peer applications, VoIP applications etc is   
    VS> often dynamic too.   
      
   VOIP normally uses standard ports.   
      
    VS> The situation is different of course when you are hosting an IPv6   
    VS> web-server or something like that. It would have a fixed IPv6 address   
    VS> and port anyway, so there is no need for punch-holing the firewall.   
      
   Indeed.   
      
      
   Cheers, Michiel   
      
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