diff --git a/content/u/blog/only-ipv6only/contents.lr b/content/u/blog/only-ipv6only/contents.lr new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b712843 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/u/blog/only-ipv6only/contents.lr @@ -0,0 +1,137 @@ +title: Only IPv6 Only. +--- +pub_date: 2020-03-04 +--- +author: ungleich +--- +twitter_handle: ungleich +--- +_hidden: no +--- +_discoverable: no +--- +abstract: +In this article you will learn why it is beneficial for you to +go IPv6 only instead of dual stack. +--- +body: + +## TL;DR + +IPv6 is a solution to the address sparsity in legacy IP (IPv4). +Only if you remove legacy IP, you really profit from IPv6. +The good news is, this has become rather easy nowadays. + +## Current situation + +As of 2020-03-04, legacy addresses are hard to get and are becoming +increasingly more expensive. In fact, almost +[all 5 global IP address registries are out of legacy +addresses](https://ipv4.potaroo.net/). + +What does that mean in layman's terms? If you are having one or more +dedicated legacy IP addresses, your bills will go up in the near +future. In fact, [google started increasing prices last year +already](https://www.techrepublic.com/article/google-cloud-charging-for-ipv4-but-proper-ipv6-support-is-still-missing-in-action/). + +It is just a matter of time, until others have to follow. + +## Legacy IP world reachability + +One clarification just at the start: even if you go IPv6 only, +**you can, will and want still legacy IP world reachability**. + +When you surf with your mobile phone, when your home or company +accesses the Internet, you still need access to websites that are +running on legacy IP. + +Also, if you are running a server, a virtual server, a website or any +other service, you probably want to be reachable from legacy IP +clients. + +Good news is: **you don't need a dedicated legacy IP address**. + +Neither to reach the legacy Internet, nor to be reachable. + +## History repeats + +You might remember that in the nineties, https-webservers required +a dedicated **IP address per domain**. That's true, if **example.com** +and **example.org** were both using SSL certificates, the webserver +required at least 2 IP addresses. Later the SSL protocol was improved +to allow domain names to share one IP address. Today one IP address +can host hundreds or thousands of domains on a single IP address. + +With the shift from legacy IP to IPv6, we can use the same principle +again. Instead of having a dedicated legacy IP address per service, +**we can share legacy IP addresses**. + +## Dual Stack is not a solution + +Operating dual stack networks or services does not solve the problem, +because it still uses legacy IP. In fact, the +[US government mandates 80% IPv6 only networks by +2025](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/03/03/us_government_ipv6/) +([original +website](https://www.cio.gov/assets/resources/internet-protocol-version6-draft.pdf)). +For a good reason, because they want to reduce complexity. And costs, +obviously. + +## Going IPv6 only + +This brings us to the main topic of this article: going IPv6 only. +It is possible to IPv6 only, but still connect to the legacy +Internet. But how does this work in practice? + +## Going IPv6 only with your static website + +It is very easy to create a static website on an IPv6 only webserver +and have it reachable from IPv6 and the legacy Internet: +you can either [create an IPv6 only virtual +machine](../ipv6-only-hosting/), setup a webserver on it and use the + +## Going IPv6 only network + +## Going IPv6 only + + +## Going IPv6 only bittorrent + +If you want to publish your open source software or publicly available +data via bittorrent, you need can seed it from any IPv6 reachable +computer. We provide an [IPv6 torrent tracker](../projects/ipv6-torrent-tracker/) + + + +## Who is profiting from IPv6 only vs. dual stack? + + + +## How does this affect me? + + + +## Short review + +Long story short, IPv6 was mainly introduced to fix the address +sparsity issue in IPv + +## Dual stack setups + + + +introduced as + +## + +## The changes of IPv6 to the world + +In the next articles we will describe some real, practical changes of +what we use and how we can work differently with IPv6. If you already +have suggestions, we are happy to read them on **ipv6 at ungleich.ch** +or on the [IPv6 Chat](https://IPv6.chat). + +Meanwhile, if you are +interested in giving IPv6 only VPS a try, there is a 50% discount only +until [Black IPv6 +Friday](https://swiss-crowdfunder.com/campaigns/black-ipv6-friday?locale=en).