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					title: via-ipv6.com: enabling IPv4 sites for IPv6 only networks
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					---
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					pub_date: 2019-10-17
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					---
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					author: Nico Schottelius
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					---
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					twitter_handle: NicoSchottelius
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					---
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					_hidden: no
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					---
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					_discoverable: yes
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					---
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					abstract:
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					We launched via-ipv6.com to enable legacy (IPv4) sites in IPv6 only networks
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					---
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					body:
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					Have you ever been in an IPv6 only network and wanted to reach IPv4
 | 
				
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					sites without NAT64?
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 | 
				
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 | 
				
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					a proxy to the IPv6 Internet.
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					Turns out, using a bit of nginx magic and an
 | 
				
			||||||
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					[IPv6 only VM](https://ipv6onlyhosting.com/) with NAT64 this is
 | 
				
			||||||
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					actually not too hard.
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					## How it works
 | 
				
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					First of all, all sites are enabled on a site-by-site basis, so this
 | 
				
			||||||
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					is not a generic IPv6-to-IPv4 proxy.
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					subdomain below **via-ipv6.com** like:
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					* [reddit.via-ipv6.com](https://reddit.via-ipv6.com)
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			||||||
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					* [twitter.via-ipv6.com](https://twitter.via-ipv6.com)
 | 
				
			||||||
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					* [hackernews.via-ipv6.com](https://hackernews.via-ipv6.com)
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 | 
				
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 | 
				
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 | 
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 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
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					The disadvantage of this is that I have to decrypt and re-encrypt the
 | 
				
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					traffic. So while I am not interested in your data, I advise to use
 | 
				
			||||||
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					this service knowing that the TLS connection is decrypted and
 | 
				
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					reencrypted on the path.
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			||||||
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					## List of sites
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			||||||
 | 
					You find the current list of sites on
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[via-ipv6.com](https://via-ipv6.com). If you would like to have
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					another site added, just ping me on [IPv6.chat](https://IPv6.chat).
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					title: Free IPv6 VPN for hackerspaces
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					---
 | 
				
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					pub_date: 2019-11-08
 | 
				
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					---
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					author: Nico Schottelius
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					---
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			||||||
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					twitter_handle: NicoSchottelius
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					---
 | 
				
			||||||
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					_hidden: no
 | 
				
			||||||
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					---
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 | 
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 | 
				
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					---
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					abstract:
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					From today on ungleich offers free, encrypted IPv6 VPNs for hackerspaces
 | 
				
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					---
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					body:
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					## TL;DR
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					If you are a hackerspace and you want to hack/work/have fun with IPv6,
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 | 
				
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					[public wireguard
 | 
				
			||||||
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					key](https://redmine.ungleich.ch/projects/open-infrastructure/wiki/The_ungleich_VPN_infrastructure#Sample-clustomer-client-configuration)
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			||||||
 | 
					plus a short description of your hackerspace and get an IPv6 VPN for free.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
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			||||||
 | 
					## The world belongs to geeks...
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					"...because nobody else wants it." was a slogan I've once read on a
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					mug. True or not, fact is that we geeks and hackers are the ones
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					who live in the Internet, create many of its backbone technologies and
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					always fight for a better version of it (with varying degree of
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					success...).
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
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			||||||
 | 
					
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			||||||
 | 
					## How the Internet was supposed to be
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
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			||||||
 | 
					The Internet was built to foster communication, research and exchange
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					of ideas. With the tranformation to a commercial driven network and
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					the exhaustion of IPv4 addresses we changed the way how we use the
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Internet: instead of exchanging data directly with each other, we use
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					intermediate cloud services. Instead of being able to publish
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					information on any computer, we are hidden by multiple levels of NAT.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					We have moved far away from the original idea of the Internet, it's
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					time to take back control.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## Using IPv6 to change the game, now
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
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			||||||
 | 
					With IPv6 we geeks are back in the game, can launch services as we
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					like, be reachable under the same IPv6 address world wide, can even
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					carry around our networks and offer them as a service when we visit
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					other places.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
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			||||||
 | 
					The values of [team ungleich](https://ungleich.ch) are pretty much
 | 
				
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 | 
					aligned with the hacking community (in fact, we run a [Hacking
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Hotel](https://hack.digitalglarus.ch/hacking-and-living-in-hotel-diesbach.html)
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					in [Digital Glarus](https://digitalglarus.ch/)). Our job at ungleich
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					is to **enable people to do stuff**, so we decided it is time to
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					enable (other) hackerspaces to join the movement.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
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			||||||
 | 
					## Why hackerspaces?
 | 
				
			||||||
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			||||||
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					If you read hacking as in "creative use of technology", it is clear
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					that creativity should not be limited. To explore new ways of using
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					the Internet (maybe even [without
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					facebook?](https://code.ungleich.ch/nico/rif)), you need to be able to
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					experiment, to explore, to challenge. We love this groove and
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					want to support this, that's why we support hackerspaces.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
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			||||||
 | 
					## Why a (wireguard based) VPN?
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			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					We are aware that there are other tunnel providers and technologies out
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					there and that is a good thing. The reasons why we opted for a
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[Wireguard VPN based solution](https://ipv6vpn.ch) are following:
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			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* wireguard: it's very easy and slim and does not require IPv4 inside
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					  the tunnel ([which OpenVPN still
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					  does](https://ungleich.ch/en-us/cms/blog/2019/09/10/openvpn-vs-wireguard/)). Also
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					  it works on "almost any device" including Linux, BSD and niche OS
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					  like Windows, macos, iOS and Android.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* VPN: work with dynamic IPs, works behind CGNAT
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					(feel free to challenge this decision in a discussion on
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[IPv6.chat](https://IPv6.chat))
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## Getting IPv6 for a hackerspace
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					To get IPv6 for your hackerspace, simple write an email to
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					ipv6hackerspace -at- ungleich.ch with a short description of your
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					hackerspace and your public [wireguard](https://www.wireguard.com/)
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					key.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					You can find more information on how to configure wireguard and how to
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					create the public key in the [ungleich redmine
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					wiki](https://redmine.ungleich.ch/projects/open-infrastructure/wiki/The_ungleich_VPN_infrastructure#Sample-clustomer-client-configuration).
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## IPv6 chat
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					If you want to stay in touch with us and talk about IPv6 **IRC alike**,
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					you can join us on the [IPv6 chat](https://IPv6.chat).
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					title: Hack-a-job (2019 edition)
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					pub_date: 2019-10-08
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					author: ungleich
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					twitter_handle: ungleich
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					_hidden: no
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					_discoverable: yes
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					abstract:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Hack a job in 42 hours and live in Switzerland afterwards.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					body:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					On the 1st of November to 3rd of November the 2019 edition of
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					**Hack-a-job** will take place in the
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[Hacking Hotel Diesbach, Switzerland](https://hack.digitalglarus.ch/hacking-and-living-in-hotel-diesbach.html).
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## Hack a what?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					We are a team of hackers running the [Data Center
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Light](https://datacenterlight.ch) at [ungleich](https://ungleich.ch)
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					and we think that hacking to get a job is the right way
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					of finding someone fitting to us.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## How does it work?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					At Hack-a-job you have one weekend to show your skills. You will be
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					given the choice of three different tasks and you choose one of them.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					You then have 42 hours to do your best to solve the task. During these
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					42 hours, we will coach you and direct you into the right direction.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					During that time, food and drinks will be provided.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					After 42h you present your work and in the afternoon of the
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Sunday, everyone will get direct feedback from the jury.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## Who can apply?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					At this Hack-a-job edition anybody can apply, who can start working in
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Switzerland without special work permits. This usually includes
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* citizens of EU/EFTA countries
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* Swiss citizens
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Checkout
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/work-permits/29191706
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* https://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/data/sem/eu/fza/broschueren/blau-europaeer-in-ch-e.pdf
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					for more details.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Unfortunately we cannot offer anyone from
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					"third states" to participate, as this has complicated and partially
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					impossible constraints for hiring attached. If you are a creative mind
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					and can convice us that you can be hired nonetheless - this might be a
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					good chance for earning first points.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					You should be at least 18 years old to participate.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Go [to the application page for registering!](https://survey.ungleich.ch/2/).
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## Who gets the job?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					**Up to two people** can stay and to join our team.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					The criteria for evaluation can be seen below.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					We promise to be fair, however joining Hack-a-job does not mean
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					you get the job.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					### Degree of success
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					How much of the task did you get done?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Is it solved
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* not at all
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* partially
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* mostly
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* fully
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					### Cleanliness of the solution
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Is your solution
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* documented?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* easy to understand?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* using best practice?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					### Creativity of the solution
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Did you think out-of-the-box? Are you employing smart solutions?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					### Sustainability / Unix Philosophy
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					How much did you think about running your application for longer?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Did you follow the unix philosophy?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					### Communication
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Work is only worth something, if other team members can work with
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					you. How do you communicate with the mentors?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					How do you present your solution?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## What if I win?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					The winner(s) of Hack-a-job are getting offered the following:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* A 1 year contract with ungleich, likely to be extended
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* A monthly pre-tax salary of 2'500 CHF
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* A paid stay in the Hacking Hotel with native IPv6 10 Gbit/s network
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* A halb tax (half fare) card for Swiss trains
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Additionally you can request to be reimbursed for the travel expenses
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					to Hack-a-Job.
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			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## What if I don't win?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Then you probably will take home a lot of new knowledge and you will
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					get a certificate for participation. Also you get a good feeling for
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					being one of the 6 people that were invited in the first place.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## How to prepare?
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			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
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					We recommend to refresh your knowledge of the following topics prior
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					to participation:
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 | 
				
			||||||
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					* Python3: you should be able to code mildly complex programs
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* HTTP / REST: you should be able to talk REST
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* Networking: Basic knowledge of IPv6 (including multicast), VLAN and
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					  VXLAN
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* Storage: knowledge of Ceph of advantage ("how to build a small cluster")!
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* OS: knowledge of either Linux or BSD, Unix commandline, Shell
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					  scripting
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					### What to bring?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
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					You need to bring yourself, a working computer (including
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					wifi) with either Linux or BSD on it and a sleeping bag.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## The schedule
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
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					* 2019-10-08: Openning of CfP
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* 2019-10-20: midnight UTC: close of CfP
 | 
				
			||||||
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					* 2019-10-22: Notification of invitation
 | 
				
			||||||
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					* 2019-11-01 1300 to 1600: Hacking Hotel opens for arrival and registration
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* 2019-11-01 1600 to 1700: Introduction of the three tasks
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* 2019-11-01 1700 to 2019-11-03-1100: Hack-a-Job main event!
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* 2019-11-03 1100 to 1300: Presentations
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* 2019-11-03 1300 to 1500: Final lunch
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* 2019-11-03 1300 to 1500: Jury meeting
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* 2019-11-03 1500: Presentation of jury ratings and notification of winner(s)
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## The location
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Hack-a-Job will be held in the
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[Hacking
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Hotel](https://hack.digitalglarus.ch/hacking-and-living-in-hotel-diesbach.html)
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					in Switzerland, 8777 Diesbach, Hauptstrasse 28. The nearest train
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					station is **Diesbach-Betschwanden**.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## More information
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					You can get in touch with us via
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* email: info at ungleich.ch
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* chat: [chat.ungleich.ch](https://chat.ungleich.ch)
 | 
				
			||||||
							
								
								
									
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 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					title: Hacking an IPv6 based chat system (WIP)
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					pub_date: 2019-10-13
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					author: Nico Schottelius
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					twitter_handle: NicoSchottelius
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					_hidden: yes
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					_discoverable: no
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					abstract:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					The strength of IPv6 is to allow direct connections between devices.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Let's explore how one could build a fully decentralised chat system.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					body:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					As you might know, recent events in
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[Hong Kong](/u/blog/how-ipv6-can-help-protesters-in-honk-kong)
 | 
				
			||||||
| 
						 | 
					@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					title: How IPv6 can help protesters in Hong Kong
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					pub_date: 2019-10-08
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					author: Nico Schottelius
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					twitter_handle: NicoSchottelius
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					_hidden: no
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					_discoverable: yes
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					abstract:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Protesters in HK encountered communcation disruption by Apple.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					This article shows how this can be avoided by using IPv6.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					body:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Recently
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Apple decided to [remove a central
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					app for communication in Hong
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Kong](https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49919459), just
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[to add it later
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					again](https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49961149).
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					With this move Apple effectively disrupted the communication between
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					people demonstrating in Hong Kong and at the same time endangered
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					those who wanted to protect themselves from violance on the streets.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					In this article I want to show how this problem can be mitigated by
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					the use of IPv6.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## The core problem: centralisation
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					The main problem is that we depend on centralised
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					services. One of the questions is, why do we depend on centralised
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					services at all? The reason for this is that there are not enough IPv4
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					addresses and for that reason we use NAT to hide multiple devices
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					behind one IPv4 address. Wait what? Let's take it a bit slower.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## How NAT works
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					In the old times of the Internet, every device in the Internet used to
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					have a public IPv4 address. However when the number of devices began
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					to exceed amount of officially available IPv4 addresses, NAT was
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					introduced and it works as follows:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Many devices are hidden behind one Public IP address. So for a phone
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					to communicate with another phone, it needs to connect via a
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					central, publicly available IPv4 server. So in the end, the complete
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					picture looks as follows:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## How IPv6 solves the problem
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					In the IPv6 world, there are enough IP addresses available.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					So every device, every smart phone, every alarm clock, every computer
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					can have a public IP address. Because every device can have a public
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					IPv6 address, they can communicate directly with each other:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## How to communicate with IPv6?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					So how does it look like with IPv6? Instead of relying on a central
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					entity (Apple in this case), you can directly connect to the phone of
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					your friends. This way, you could even use your standard browser like
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Firefox, Chrome or Safari to write a message to your friend's phone.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## So, what to do now?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					At the moment IPv6 is picking up pace in deployment and ISPs
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					everywhere in the world are moving forward with it.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					However, if you do not have IPv6 connectivity,
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[ungleich provides IPv6 VPNs](https://ungleich.ch/ipv6/vpn/) that
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					enable you world wide to have IPv6.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					If you are an application developer, I urge you to checkout whether
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					your application supports IPv6, because in the future you might enable
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					people to talk to each other, just by supporting IPv6 now already.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## More IPv6
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					If you are interested in IPv6, we invite you to join the [IPv6
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					chat](https://IPv6.chat) or [follow us on
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Twitter](https://twitter.com/ungleich).
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 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					title: How IPv6 changes the world already
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					pub_date: 2019-11-16
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					author: ungleich
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					twitter_handle: ungleich
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					_hidden: no
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					_discoverable: yes
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					abstract:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Let's dive into the changes caused by IPv6
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					body:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					So we had all those nice, theoretical articles about
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					how IPv6 **could** change the future. At ungleich we are already
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					seeing many things changing and for that reason we start this series
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					of blog articles about how IPv6 changes the world.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## The Base Claims
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					When starting a series of blog entries about how IPv6 changes the
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					world, there are some assumptions and general understandings. In this
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					article we will try to illustrate what we think is already given.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## Claim 1: Everyone can have IPv6 connectivity
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					We know that not every ISP provides IPv6 connectivity yet, but that
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					is really not a show stopper for IPv6 connectivity. We have even
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					written an [blog article about how to get
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					IPv6](https://ungleich.ch/en-us/cms/blog/2019/02/05/how-to-get-ipv6/)
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					and our conclusion is: **everyone can have IPv6 connectivity**.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					If you are missing options there, give us a shout, we are glad to
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					add them. Point being, we are very confident saying there is nobody
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					who cannot have IPv6 connectivity anymore. We even offer
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[free IPv6 connectivity to hacker spaces](https://ungleich.ch/u/blog/free-ipv6-vpn-for-hackerspaces/).
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					If you very much disagree with us, we are open to be challenged by you.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## Claim 2: Everyone can host content IPv6 reachable
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					If you are in the content or publishing business, you can easily have
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					your content reachable by IPv6. All bigger
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[CDNs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_delivery_network) support
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					IPv6 and even if you happen to host on an IPv4 only web hoster,
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					there is
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[via-ipv6.com](https://ungleich.ch/u/blog/enabling-ipv4-only-sites-for-ipv6-only-networks/),
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					a proxy service enabling all your IPv4 content by IPv6.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					And we don't
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					say you should be using that service, you can also easily build it
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					yourself: you can use any IPv6 only VM and you can setup a proxy for
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					yourself.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## Claim 3: The world is now really moving towards IPv6
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					We know, there was this very, very unfortunate miscommunication many
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					years ago that we already ran out of IPv4 addresses. That was
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					only IANA running out of blocks to assign to the RIRs, however the
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					RIRs
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					([RIPE](https://www.ripe.net/),
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[APNIC](https://www.apnic.net/),
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[AFRINIC](https://www.afrinic.net/),
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[lacnic](https://www.lacnic.net/) and
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[ARIN](https://www.arin.net/)) did have plenty of IPv4 addresses
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					left. This situation changed since 2011 and now
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					ARIN is really out of IPv4, RIPE
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					is likely to run out of IPv4 in 2019. LACNIC and
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					AFRINIC are soon (probably 2020) to follow. APNIC on the other hand is already having a **per resource
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					fee**, which let it run out of IPv4 slower.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					But, and there is the big but: APNIC slowing down the IPv4 run out has
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					a cost. And the cost is for companies who are relying on IPv4
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					addresses. So if you are in the APNIC region, you already pay around
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					1800 AUD for a /22 IPv4 network yearly.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					The situation is somewhat similar in the regions that are running out
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					of IPv4, only that you need to buy or lease your IPv4 space there from
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					some market. The price for an IPv4 address is around $25 at the
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					moment, so if you were to buy a /22 IPv4 network, you would have to
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					spend more than $25'000. And this is not feasible for most SMB.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Even if you don't acquire IP addresses directly from a RIR and
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					run your service on a
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[cloud like GCP, you begin to pay more for IPv4
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					addresses now](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20742965).
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					So what is the alternative? It clearly is IPv6. Not because
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					there are many IP addresses in IPv6, but because
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					**IPv6 is affordable**.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					So in short, why the world now really moves to IPv6:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* IPv4 now becomes a real cost factor
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* It is not easy to acquire additional IPv4 space anymore
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* IPv6 is economically more feasible
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* We take the way of the least resistance, which is now IPv6
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## Claim 4: IPv6 will re-enable end users
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Due to the long ongoing IPv4 shortage, we are very much used to
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[NAT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_address_translation). Some
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					people even believe that private IPv4 addresses are more secure,
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					which, generally speaking, is a bogus claim. You still need a
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					firewall, as you do with IPv6.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					The bigger problem with private IPv4 addresses is that users have been
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					taught that they cannot reach each other directly. And this eventually
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					led to the rise of cloud services, because people were unable to reach
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					each other or to exchange data directly.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					The Internet was built with the idea that everyone can reach everyone
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					else directly. NAT was only introduced due to the shortage of IPv4
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					addresses.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					With the advent of IPv6, there are many "new old" ways of how we can
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					work together.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## Claim 5: End users start to care
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Directly following from claim 3 & 4 and also something that we noticed
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					happening in 2019: Real end users start to care about IPv6. The amount
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					of tweets on Twitter containing
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[#ipv6](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ipv6) is growing and people
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					are asking more vendors more often to support IPv6 on their
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					infrastructure (like here for
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[discord](https://www.reddit.com/r/ipv6/comments/dx94ty/discord_users_petition_for_ipv6_support_in_discord/)).
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 | 
					## The changes of IPv6 to the world
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					In the next articles we will describe some real, practical changes of
 | 
				
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 | 
					what we use and how we can work differently with IPv6. If you already
 | 
				
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 | 
					have suggestions, we are happy to read them on **ipv6 at ungleich.ch**
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					or on the [IPv6 Chat](https://IPv6.chat).
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					Meanwhile, if you are
 | 
				
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					interested in giving IPv6 only VPS a try, there is a 50% discount only
 | 
				
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 | 
					until [Black IPv6
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			||||||
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					Friday](https://swiss-crowdfunder.com/campaigns/black-ipv6-friday?locale=en).
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					title: How using IPv6 saves money
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					---
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					pub_date: 2019-11-18
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					---
 | 
				
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					author: ungleich
 | 
				
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					---
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					twitter_handle: ungleich
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					---
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					_hidden: no
 | 
				
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					---
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					_discoverable: yes!
 | 
				
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 | 
					---
 | 
				
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 | 
					abstract:
 | 
				
			||||||
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					It's not a question of ideologcy or technology, but of resources.
 | 
				
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 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
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					body:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
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 | 
					Today we focus on one of the very obvious effects of IPv6: saving
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					resources and thus money. This post is part of the
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[how IPv6 changes the world](/u/blog/how-ipv6-changes-the-world/)
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					series.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
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					## The general way of saving money with IPv6
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Economically, the less of something exists, the more expensive it
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					is. There is only one Mona Lisa and that one is quite
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					expensive. Similar if you move out of a city
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					(like to
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[Digital
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Glarus](https://hack.digitalglarus.ch/hacking-and-living-in-hotel-diesbach.html)),
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					rent become more affordable.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					As stated in the previous post, it has gotten quite expensive for companies
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					to acquire IPv4 address space and
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[the prices are
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					rising](https://www.retevia.net/address-pricing-2019-and-beyond/).
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Compared to what we paid 2 years ago, the
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					**market price is now 600% as high**.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					So as a company like us, when the cost is rising, we transparently
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					forward the price increase to the end users to stay profitable.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					So if you opt out of IPv4, we don't need to buy more space and neither
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					of us needs to spend money on it.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## Most services work without IPv4
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					And this brings me to the question of what one can do without an
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					explicit IPv4 address. And the answer is: almost everything you could
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					do with an IPv4 address.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Here at ungleich we spent quite some time to allow a seamless
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					migration to an IPv4 free world:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* If you want your server to be reachable from the IPv4 Internet,
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					  you can use our [IPv4-to-IPv6
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					  Proxy](https://redmine.ungleich.ch/projects/open-infrastructure/wiki/How_to_use_the_IPv4-to-IPv6-Proxy),
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					  which even works with HTTPS.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* If you want to access something via IPv6, but you don't have IPv6
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					  connectivity, we can provide you with an [IPv6
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					  VPN](https://ipv6vpn.ch), which works even through CGNAT. It is also
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					  free, if you have any VPS running from [IPv6OnlyHosting](https://ipv6onlyhosting.com).!
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					There are rare exceptions of things that do not yet fully work, but
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					we even work on these cases.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## Saving money #1: IPv6 only VPS
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					One of the most obvious gains is, if you decide to go with
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[IPv6 only VPS](https://ipv6onlyhosting.com/), because there you are
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					directly rewarded more affordable prices.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Be it Google, ungleich or our friends at
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[mythic beasts](https://www.mythic-beasts.com/), we are all in the
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					same situation that IPv4 addresses cost us money.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					As a user, you even have the ability influence this
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					development: the more IPv6 only services you consume and the less you
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					rely on IPv4, the more it becomes the standard and the less everyone
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					is depending on IPv4. It's a positive feedback cycle.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## Saving money #2: Going IPv6 only
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Another very simple case is the network management in SMB and even
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					enterprises. The bigger you are, the more networks you have to manage
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					and in our experience, dual stack networks (IPv6+IPv4) are no fun to
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					maintain and have rather high complexity when it comes to security /
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					ACLs/ firewalling.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					However you will need IPv6 in your network eventually anyway. So the
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					strategy that we recommend is to switch directly to IPv6 only
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					networks.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					This way your network planning becomes significantly easier, also in
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					comparison to IPv4 networks. You don't have to spend a lot of time
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					into network planning anymore, as you can use a /64 for every
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					individual networks.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					This way you reduce complexity and are future proven at the same time.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## Saving money #3: Not using the cloud
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Another interesting aspect with IPv6 is to avoid cloud services at
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					all. Instead of uploading your data somewhere and having somebody else
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					downloading it again, you can easily share data or communicate with
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					other employees directly using IPv6.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## Saving money #4: The IPv6 Black Friday
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					At the moment we run a special IPv6 promotion campaign
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					named [Black IPv6
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Friday](https://swiss-crowdfunder.com/campaigns/black-ipv6-friday?locale=en)
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					at which you can even get up to 50% discount on the already more
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					affordable IPv6 only products.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## More money saving?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					If you think we missed an opportunity to save money with IPv6, let us
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					know on the [IPv6 Chat](https://ipv6.chat) and we will add the hint
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					for others.
 | 
				
			||||||
| 
						 | 
					@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: How to enable IPv6 in applications
 | 
				
			||||||
---
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
pub_date: 2019-09-26
 | 
					pub_date: 2019-09-26
 | 
				
			||||||
---
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
author: Team ungleich
 | 
					author: ungleich
 | 
				
			||||||
---
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
twitter_handle: ungleich
 | 
					twitter_handle: ungleich
 | 
				
			||||||
---
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
| 
						 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
| 
						 | 
					@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					title: How to run your browser in the cloud
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					pub_date: 2019-11-18
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					author: Nico Schottelius
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					twitter_handle: NicoSchottelius
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					_hidden: no
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					_discoverable: yes
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					abstract:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Finally, freeing my notebook from memory and CPU pressure
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					body:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					So I have this problem: [no matter which notebook I
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					 buy](https://www.nico.schottelius.org/about/computers/), some
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					applications are always to "heavy" for it. Notably running two
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					browsers has so far exhausted the available RAM on my notebook.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## The Pros and Cons of the cloud
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					For many years I have the strict policy to be able to work
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					autonomously with my notebook. So moving parts of what I use to the
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					cloud was rarely an option. I want to be able to work offline.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					However this comes with a drawback that switching the notebook can be
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					a bit cumbersome. So I migrated to a git + nextcloud + imap
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					based setup in which all "small files" (notes, source code, etc.)
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					reside in git repositories and "big files" (photos, videos, etc.)
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					reside in Nextcloud.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					One thing I always want to have locally, are my emails, which I read
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					in [emacs](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/)
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					(using [mu4e](https://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu/mu4e.html)).
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Using mbsync / isync this problem has also been solved - my mails are
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					local and remote.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## The browser
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					While you can make a joke about emacs consuming all my memory (it
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					stands for [Eight Megabytes And Constantly
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Swapping](https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/gnuemacs.acro.exp.html),
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					doesn't it?), the real problem are actually browsers. It was a problem
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					on my 256MB RAM notebook in 1998 with Netscape Navigator, it is still
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					a problem with firefox and chromium and 16GB RAM in 2019.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Even if you are crazy and upgrade to a 32GB RAM notebook, like I did,
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					you finally become CPU bound! Yes, indeed, the tabs of my browser
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					consume all CPU cores - while it is idling.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					There is an important discussion around why browsers use
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					so many resources and how to optimise this, however this is not the
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					focus of this post...
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## The browser in the cloud
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Working at [ungleich](https://ungleich.ch), literally less than
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					50 meters away from the [Data Center
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Light](https://datacenterlight.ch), I was wondering whether or not I
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					can actually use one of our VMs to outsource my browser.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					First check: does it make sense? I use the browser, to browse the web
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					and it is rarely of use in an offline scenario. So it is a possible
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					candidate for moving out of my notebook.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Second check: how would I access it? I potentially want to be able to
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					access it from anywhere, even without my notebook. Luckily we have
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					recently gained some knowledge about
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[Apache Guacamole](https://guacamole.apache.org/), which lets me
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					access VNC, RDP and even SSH via the web. Guacamole also supports 2FA,
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					which is a nice add-on.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Sanity check: So... I can *use a browser to access my browser*
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					in the cloud. Does that actually make sense? And the answer for me is
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					yes, because instead of running many tabs, I only have to run 1 tab
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					locally and can outsource the rest.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## More in the cloud
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Actually, what happens behind the scenes is that the VM is running VNC
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					(we are also experimenting with XRDP), so I have actually full access
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					to a remote Linux desktop via browser and can even run applications
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					like libreoffice, blender or gimp remotely.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Because I think it's a cool thing to have, our team at ungleich added
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					it as an offer to our [Black IPv6 Friday
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Crowdfunding](https://swiss-crowdfunder.com/campaigns/black-ipv6-friday?locale=en).
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Below you can actually see how it looks like:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
							
								
								
									
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								content/u/blog/how-to-support-open-source/contents.lr
									
										
									
									
									
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 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					title: How to support Open Source
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					pub_date: 2019-10-08
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					author: Nico Schottelius
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					twitter_handle: NicoSchottelius
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					_hidden: yes
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					_discoverable: no
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					abstract:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					How to support Open Source as a hosting company
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					body:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## TL;DR
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Anyone who is working on a serious open source project can apply
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					for a free IPv6-VM and free IPv6-VPN.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## More information
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					You can get in touch with us via
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* email: info at ungleich.ch
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* chat: [chat.ungleich.ch](https://chat.ungleich.ch)
 | 
				
			||||||
| 
						 | 
					@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					title: Isn't it too late to build a data center?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					pub_date: 2019-10-09
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					author: ungleich
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					twitter_handle: ungleich
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					_hidden: no
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					_discoverable: yes
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					abstract:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Is it or is it not too late to build a data center?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					body:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					The very valid question,
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[isn't it too late....to build a
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					data center?](https://twitter.com/Mac_S13/status/1181983378100424710)
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					was asked on Twitter and it made our team here in Glarus smile a lot,
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					and we decided to write a blog article about this question.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## Fiber = the advantage of a data center?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					According to the tweet, the main strength of a data center is fast
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					network connection, or the fiber line that you have. And nowadays,
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					everyone has fast fiber, so it follows that data centers are maybe not
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					needed anymore.
 | 
				
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 | 
					
 | 
				
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 | 
					## TL;DR
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					It is not that easy.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## How to run a data center in reality
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Some time ago we wrote about
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[How to run a really green
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					data center](https://ungleich.ch/de/cms/ungleich-blog/2019/07/12/how-run-really-green-datacenter/).
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Admittedly, the question was not about running a **green** data
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					center, so let's dive a bit more into it.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Running a data center like we do at [Data Center
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Light](https://datacenterlight.ch) does indeed require a fiber
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					connection. To be precise, actually a couple.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## How much fiber is enough fiber?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Don't tell anyone, but geeks are working at ungleich. And according to
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					geeks, there is never enough fiber. But for real, how much fiber is
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					needed? In our case, running a data center at 3 different locations,
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					requires a couple of dark fiber lines and a couple of redundant
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					upstream connections. Using the rule of thumb, let's say we need at
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					least 3 fiber connections:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* One for location A
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* One for location B
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* One to connect locations A and B
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					So are three fiber connections enough?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## What is actually in a data center?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Maybe the real question is, why would you run a data center at all?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Alright, for the geeks of us, "just because I can" is a reason, but
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					let's think about other cases as well. For instance we are running a
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					data center, because we our customers asked us to run one (easy, isn't
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					it?). So some years ago we started buying hardware like switches,
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					servers, SSDs, cables, transceivers, disks, network cards, access
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					points and even much, much more cables.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					And why did we do that? Because we were asked to host virtual machines
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					and data for our existing customers. So if you want to run a data
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					center, you also need a bit of hardware.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					And there comes one of the bigger problems: hardware also needs to be
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					turned on. And if it is on, it actually consumes energy and you do not
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					proper fuses. Not only the ones inside the data center, but also the
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					ones going into the building!
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## So what do you need to run a data center?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					So to run a data center, you need at least
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* enough power (best to be 100% renewable here!)
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* enough network capacity
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* enough space
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					These are the three base ingredients for a data center. Then the only
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					thing that is left, like for every good menu, is a chef. And in case
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					of a data center, the chef is the team running it. The team that is
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					available all the time, that fixes the network, replaces the disks and
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					servers, etc.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## Too late or not too late? To be or not to be?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					We would like to rephrase the question a bit, because we actually
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					think the notion of the question was more: **Does it make sense to
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					start a new data center TODAY?**
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					So what is the answer to this seemingly easy to answer question? Does
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					it make sense or not?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					We want to answer with a crystal clear **yes-and-no** answer.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					### Yes, build a new data center today
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					We encourage everyone to actually build their own data center. Get
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					some IPv6 space to your home, get a bit of equipment. Even get some
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					servers. Maybe even some ARM servers to save some energy for a change?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Build it, like it, maybe even fail at it. It is a great experience to
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					build your own. We strongly believe into decentralisation, so we
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					encourage distributing the Internet more to different places.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Put all the fun stuff on it. Put your development on it. Don't forget
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					to backup your stuff to somewhere else, though.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					We even invite you to [join our chat](https://chat.ungleich.ch) to ask
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					about how to build a data center and we are more than happy to share
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					our experiences.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					### No, don't build a new data center today
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					If you start fresh and you are not with an experienced team and you
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					want to offer services to other people, we dis-recommend building a
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					data center on your own. Taking the responsibility to run things even
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					when you are sick, even when you want to go to holidays, even if it is
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					3am is not very healthy if you are not a team that works well
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					together.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					If you think that the world is already well off with Amazon and co.,
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					it is also not a good idea to build one yourself. You need to be able
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					to stay in the business even though you get questions like "But I can
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					put everything to Amazon - why does it need you?"
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## Does fiber at home make data centers redundant?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					And to answer the other implicit question asked: we think that fiber
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					at home actually enables the use of data centers better. So far if
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					your connection was slow, you had to have all your data
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					locally. With fiber at home, you can store your data anywhere (you
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					probably shouldn't, but that is a topic for a different post) and
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					access it quickly.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## More of it?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					If you want to learn more about this topic,
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					you can always get in touch with us as follows:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* email: info at ungleich.ch
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* open chat: [chat.ungleich.ch](https://chat.ungleich.ch)
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					<!--  LocalWords:  SSDs
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					 -->
 | 
				
			||||||
| 
						 | 
					@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					title: How to redirect all ports to one port with nftables
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					pub_date: 2019-11-07
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					author: ungleich
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					twitter_handle: ungleich
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					_hidden: no
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					_discoverable: yes
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					abstract:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					How to redirect traffic from all (tcp/udp) ports to another port.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					And why one would want to do that...
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					body:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## Motivation
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Sometimes networks (like hotels or airports) block or filter
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					outgoing traffic and thus prevent you to connect to where you want to
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					connect to.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Here at [ungleich](https://ungleich.ch) we are travelling quite a lot,
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					but we always want to be able to access the servers of
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[Data Center Light](https://datacenterlight.ch).
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					To be able to do so from anywhere in the world, we needed to
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					ensure that we have some way of connecting to them, even if the
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					network filters traffic to the ssh port (tcp/22).
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					While our main motivation was to enable ssh, the example below can be
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					adjusted to any service, including http, https, smtp, ...
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## A solution based on nftables
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					As you might know we are
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[big fans of
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					nftables](https://ungleich.ch/de/cms/ungleich-blog/2018/08/19/iptables-vs-nftables/)
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					and this hotel/airport problem motivated us to once again checkout
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					what we can achieve just with nftables.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Typically these networks will still allow outgoing traffic on
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					*some ports*, but we don't know *which ports*.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					So instead of guessing which port we should bind SSH to,
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					we will just use nftables to make ssh available on
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					*all TCP ports*. Simple idea, isn't it?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## How it works
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					To achieve our goal we need to tell nftables to take the traffic that
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					goes to any port that is not our target port, to be redirected to our
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					target part. If you have other services running on the host, you might
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					want to adjust this logic though (see below). The following
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					nftables snippet will already do the job:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					```
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					flush ruleset
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					table ip nat {
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
						chain prerouting {
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
							type nat hook prerouting priority 0;
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
							tcp dport != 22 redirect to 22
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
						}
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
						chain postrouting {
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
							type nat hook postrouting priority 0;
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					    }
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					}
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					```
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					You can save this as nftables.conf and run
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					```
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					nft -f nftables.conf
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					```
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					to see it working on your system.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					After applying this, we can use `ssh -p <port>` to choose any port and
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					connect to our server:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					```
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					ssh -p 80 serverX.placeY.ungleich.ch
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					```
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## Using specific ranges or ports only
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					If you have other services running on the system, you might want to
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					restrict the ports to be used for ssh. You can either use **sets**
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					(nftables syntax: *{ a, b, c, ... }*) or **intervals**
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					(nftables syntax: *X - Y*) as follows.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					```
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
							tcp dport 2000-4000 redirect to :ssh
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
							tcp dport {23, 25, 80, 443 } redirect to :ssh
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					```
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					(just replace the *tcp dport != ...* line above)!
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## A note on ports
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Over time you will see that there are some ports which are more likely
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					to be open, even if the network filters your traffic. Some well known
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					ports for this are:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* 80: regular http traffic
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* 53: DNS, uses UDP by default, but TCP is also part of the standard
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* 443: usually has encrypted https traffic
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					* 783: smtp submission port for sending out emails
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Of course, if the filtering uses deep packet inspection, this will
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					fail, but then there are other solutions for that... stay tuned!
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## More of it?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					If you are interested in more of this, we invite you to join our
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[open infrastructure chat on chat.ungleich.ch](https://chat.ungleich.ch).
 | 
				
			||||||
							
								
								
									
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						 | 
					@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					title: The biggest IPv6 bargain ever: Black IPv6 Friday
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					pub_date: 2019-11-15
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					author: ungleich
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					twitter_handle: ungleich
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					_hidden: no
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					_discoverable: yes
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					abstract:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					The world's first Black IPv6 Friday campaign starts today!
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					body:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## TL;DR
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					IPv6 allows you to deploy the same things, just with less money.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					And right now it get's even crazy with [up to 50%
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					discount](https://swiss-crowdfunder.com/campaigns/black-ipv6-friday?locale=en)
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					on even the already very affordable IPv6 only offers.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					*Valid only until 2019-11-29*.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## The Black IPv6 Friday
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					So you have probably heard about the
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Black Friday, haven you?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					We want to take this to the next level with the
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					**Black IPv6 Friday**, which might be **the biggest discount on IPv6
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					only services in history**!
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## IP... what?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					You might have heard some things about
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[IPv6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6) already, but what you might
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					not know yet is that you can actually save money by using
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					IPv6. Significantly. But let's first have a short look what IPv6
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					actually is.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## The IPv6 and IPv4 Internet
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					IPv4 is the "old", some people even call it "legacy", Internet. It has
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					been in use for a while, however its
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[shortage of addresses](https://ipv4.potaroo.net/)
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[has become a real
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					problem](/u/blog/when-does-ripe-run-out-of-ipv4-addresses/). Whenever
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					there is a shortage, prices jump up steeply and, in the end, the
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					end customer has to pay that price.
 | 
				
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 | 
					
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					To fix this problem, the successor IPv6 was designed with a huge
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					amount of addresses. Not an infinite number, but for everything that
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					we want to do in our lifetime, we could call it "almost infinite".
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 | 
					
 | 
				
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 | 
					For many years, vendors and providers were only slowly adapting
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					IPv6. However with the imminent IPv4 exhaustion in 2019, the game
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					changed and IPv6 has become a hot topic everywhere.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## How you save money by using IPv6
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					And this brings us to how you can save money with IPv6: instead of
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					renting IPv4 addresses at home, in the office or at your cloud
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					provider, you can now rely on IPv6 only. There also exists support to
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					enable IPv6 only services to the IPv4 Internet - and that is even for
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					free.
 | 
				
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 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## The biggest IPv6 bargain
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					So with all of this, doesn't it sound interesting go with IPv6?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					We want to make it even easier for you to get
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					started and offer **up to 50% discount** on the regular offers. This
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					deal is available on the [crowdfunding campaign on
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Swiss-Crowdfunder.com](https://swiss-crowdfunder.com/campaigns/black-ipv6-friday?locale=en).
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					But beware: it only gets real if the goal of 20'000 CHF is reached
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					until 2019-11-2!9. Otherwise there will be a 100% refund to all orders.
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					title: The importance of decentralisation
 | 
				
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					---
 | 
				
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 | 
					pub_date: 2019-11-14
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					author: ungleich
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					twitter_handle: ungleich
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					abstract:
 | 
				
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 | 
					Or: why the Internet still functions
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					body:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Did you ever wonder, why the Internet is as robust as it is?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Then this article is for you.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
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 | 
					## The Internet Architecture
 | 
				
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 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					The Internet basically consists of a lose collaboration of network
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					service operators. Each operator, whether an individual or a large
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					scale enterprise, can announce their own networks and run services in
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					their own networks.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					The dependency on other providers is relatively low, the only thing
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					you need to operate in the Internet is one or more upstream
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					providers. If you happen to have many of them, we call this
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					**peering** and it allows you to get good deals for data exchange.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## Decentralisation is an enabler
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Because each operator can decide what to run in their network, whether
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					it's providing access to websites, providing a mail infrastructure,
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					providing a webshop or other services. What you do, what you sell is
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					up to you.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					So far so good, isn't it?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## The threat of centralisation
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					In the real world, we see that some services have become strictly
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					centralised. Services like ebay, amazon, google or facebook are very
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					convenient, because they allow access to a lot of resources, but are
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					also very dangerous at the same time.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					### Problem one: Seller dependency
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Imagine you are selling pink socks. Because pink socks are
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					the coolest and they make people feel more warm in winter.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Imagine further you exclusively sell your products solely through
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					one of these platforms. Then the provider bans you from their website,
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					because pink is considered to be incorrect, socks always have to be
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					black. This will ruin your business model completely, because you
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					don't have an alternative.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					While the example of pink socks is fictional, there are
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[many such real world cases](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=bannled+from+selling+on+amazon).
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					### Problem two: Buyer dependency
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					On the other hand as a consumer, if you usually go to one site. Now
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					if you are banned from that site, you cannot approach the seller, even
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					if the seller wanted to sell to you.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					### Problem three: Censorship
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					A generic problem with centralised platforms is censorship. This is a
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					very important one, as it applies to providers in
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[a lot
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					nations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_and_surveillance_by_country).
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					We have seen censorship on a variety of platforms including a variety
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					of reasons including political motivated censorship. Centralised
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					platforms are especially prone for censorship with huge effects.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					### Problem four: Lack of choices
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Once a centralised platform has been established, the lack of choice
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					forces sellers, buyers and consumers into a strong dependency (related
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					to this is [strong vendor
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					lock-ins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendor_lock-in). If the
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					platform raises prices or decides to reduce privacy features, users
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					don't have a choice, but to accept, if there are no alternatives.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## Some many problems - what is the solution?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Like we say in Switzerland, we like to **buy locally**, supporting
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					small shops and small companies. But how do you realistically do this in
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					the Internet? We see one easy to use way that is not on everyone's
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					radar: **switching to IPv6**. Let us show you how to establish your
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					own presence in 3 small steps.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					### 1. Acknowledge that you are a network operator
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					First of all, anyone can be a network operator. This is how the
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Internet was built and it is still true. You can start by
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[getting your own IPv6
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					space](https://ungleich.ch/en-us/cms/blog/2019/02/05/how-to-get-ipv6/).
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					This is really easy and in case you are using the
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[IPv6VPN.ch](https://IPv6VPN.ch) only requires installing
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[wireguard](https://www.wireguard.com/) and a configuration.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					### 2. Setup your own presence
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					When you have your own IPv6 range, you can run anything in it. From a
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					website, to mail servers, ... anything any other operator can do.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					If you don't know how to do that, you can ask for help on the
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[IPv6.Chat](https://IPv6.chat), where you find many people who are
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					using IPv6 on a daily basis.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					You can even setup your [own social
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					network](https://mastodon.social/about) on your infrastructure!
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					### 3. Talk about it
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Many people are not aware that with IPv6 the game really changes and
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					that everyone is back in the game. So when you start your journey, we
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					ask you to talk about it and enable other people.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					### 4. (optional) Get an IPv4 Proxy
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					If you want to be reachable from the IPv4 world, you can also use an
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					IPv4-to-IPv6 proxy, which you find the the [IPv6
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Shop](https://ipv6onlyhosting.com/en-us/cms/ipv6-shop/).
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## Summary and Outlook
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Centralisation is a danger to everyone. It concentrates decision power
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					and effectively can censor opinions and in the worst case even ruin
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					businesses. With IPv6 you can back in control. Even better, you can
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					be part of driving decentralisation.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Soon upcoming is the [Black IPv6
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Friday](https://swiss-crowdfunder.com/campaigns/black-ipv6-friday?locale=en),
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					where you can get direct IPv6 experience. Or you can exchange your
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					ideas for decentralisation on the [IPv6.Chat](https://IPv6.chat).
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## Updates
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					As pointed out by [nicey](https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=nicey)
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					on [hackernews](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21535181) there
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					is the
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					[awesome-selfhosted](https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted/)
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					git repo on github with a lot of explanations on how to self
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					host. Really worth checking it out!
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 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					title: The ungleich IPv6 ecosystem
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					pub_date: 2019-10-10
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					author: ungleich
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					twitter_handle: ungleich
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					_hidden: yes
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					_discoverable: no
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					abstract:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					How to enable people with IPv6 - the ungleich IPv6 ecosystem.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					body:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					As you might have noticed, we have a focus on IPv6, because we think
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					it is required for a sustainable development of the Internet. But what
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					do we actually do at ungleich to support IPv6?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					- ipv6.chat
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					- ipv6.blog
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					- ipv6 vpn
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					- ipv6onlyhosting
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					- ipv6 proxies
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					- posts in /r/ipv6
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## More IPv6
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					If you are interested in IPv6, we invite you to join the [IPv6
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					chat](https://IPv6.chat) or [follow us on
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Twitter](https://twitter.com/ungleich).
 | 
				
			||||||
							
								
								
									
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 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					title: What is wrong with IPv4?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					pub_date: 2019-10-01
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					author: Nico Schottelius
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					twitter_handle: NicoSchottelius
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					_hidden: yes
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					_discoverable: no
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					abstract:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Why are people talking about moving to IPv6?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					What is wrong with running application on IPv4?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					body:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## TL;DR
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Nothing is wrong with IPv4. There is just too less of it.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## IPv6 vs. IPv4 for end users
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					At home
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Not big difference at the moment
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					But: big potential for independence
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					### Example: home automation
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					All devices talk to a vendor
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					You already have a bridge. Why sending data elsewhere?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					If enough IPv4: give all devices a public address. Can directly
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					connect to your home bridge. But you can't. NAT.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## IPv6 vs. IPv4 for developers
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					This is the section I like most. Forums with posts from developers who
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					recommend to turn off IPv6, to ignore it, complain about the new
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					format.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					All of these are valid points. IPv6 is an additional protocol that
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					applications need to handle.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					New apps: develop IPv6 only.
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## IPv6 vs. IPv4 for ISPs
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					- SKT
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					- Multiple NATs
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					- Need to run IPv6 anyway to provide reachability
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					- Easier to run end point NAT64
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## IPv6 vs. IPv4 for cloud providers
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Probably highest pressure for IPv4 users is on cloud
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					## Other applications
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					If you know about other applications or want to enhance one of our
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					configuration, we invite you to join the [IPv6
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					chat](https://IPv6.chat) or [write to us on
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Twitter](https://twitter.com/ungleich).
 | 
				
			||||||
| 
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					@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					title: What was Open Source has now become IPv6
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					pub_date: 2019-11-15
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					author: ungleich
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					twitter_handle: ungleich
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					_hidden: yes
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					_discoverable: no
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					abstract:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					The Open Source did not vanish, it just changed
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					body:
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					Many years ago the Open Source community
 | 
				
			||||||
| 
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 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					title: When will RIPE run out of IPv4 addresses?
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					pub_date: 2019-10-10
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					---
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
					author: ungleich
 | 
				
			||||||
 | 
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					twitter_handle: ungleich
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					abstract:
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					This month? Next month? 2019?!
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					body:
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					As of today,
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					[RIPE has less than 1 million IPv4 addresses available](https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/ipv4/ipv4-available-pool).
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					So the question is, how long until RIPE does not have any IPv4
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					addresses anymore? Or more specifically,
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					**which is the exact date on which RIPE will have run out of IPv4
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					addresses**?
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					We are very curious and wonder who can best predict the exact date.
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					And because it's a lot of fun to guess the right time, we will give
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					out an **IPv6 only VM for free** to the person that guesses the exact
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					date.
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					## Guesses
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					* ~~[@TuxOne](https://twitter.com/Tux0ne/status/1182309473521737728) 2019-10-23 08:27~~
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					* ~~[@objetsfabuleux](https://twitter.com/objetsfabuleux/status/1182305989128855552)
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					  2019-10-26 ([the same day as the IPv4 exhaustion
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					  party](https://www.meetup.com/Digital-Glarus-Business-Technology/events/264859527/),
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					  so it must be correct)~~
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					* ~~[@natedalliard](https://twitter.com/natedalliard/status/1182256538305667072)
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					  2019-11-08~~
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					* ~~[@JoelAMay](https://twitter.com/JoelAMay/status/1183225050486325248)
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					  2019-11-11. Hopefully at 11:11:11 (that's probably the most sane
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					  guess we have seen so far)~~
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					* ~~[@RickBakkr](https://twitter.com/RickBakkr/status/1182260610458963968)
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					  2019-11-12~~
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					  * ~~[@inoobkivervip](https://twitter.com/inoobkilervip/status/1182261254288760832)
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					    2019-11-12 @ 1PM BST (submitted three minutes after @RickBakkr)~~
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					* [@zajdee](https://twitter.com/zajdee/status/1182236698266275846) 2019-11-15
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					* [@MrXermon](https://twitter.com/MrXermon/status/1182254662914850817) 2019-11-25
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					* [@Sami_Lehtinen](https://twitter.com/Sami_Lehtinen/status/1182366137876701184) 2019-11-15 Friday
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					* [@VertXVaaR](https://twitter.com/VerteXVaaR/status/1182791748139061249)
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					  2019-11-22 (a nice date)
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					* [@pb_double](https://twitter.com/pb_double/status/1182236265233752064)
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					  2019-11-27 0610 UTC (very precise!)
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					* [@agowa338](https://twitter.com/agowa338/status/1182236572047101952)
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					  2019-11-28
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					* [@NicoSchottelius](https://twitter.com/ungleich/status/1185153567243550722)
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					  2019-12-03
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					* [@treysis](https://twitter.com/treysis/status/1182256065213280261)
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					  2019-12-04
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					* [@ReplicaJune](https://twitter.com/ReplicaJune/status/1182235564180942849)
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					  2019-12-12
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					* [@mrimann](https://twitter.com/mrimann/status/1182769149233238016) 2019-12-16
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					* [@Mac_S13](https://twitter.com/Mac_S13/status/1182242286714970113)
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					  2019-12-24 (a Christmas present?)
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					* [@le_roncio](https://twitter.com/el_roncio/status/1182301050247827456) 2019-12-29
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					* [@sighubCH](https://twitter.com/sighupCH/status/1182332420487557121)
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					  2020-01-11 09:32
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					* [@STAXCON1](https://twitter.com/STAXCON1/status/1182795161266458626)
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					  2020-01-17 03:23
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					## Want to guess?
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					Just follow [@ungleich](https://twitter.com/ungleich) on Twitter
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					and post your guess as [a reply to our tweet](https://twitter.com/ungleich/status/1182234419102388224).
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					Rules are:
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					* You cannot use the same date somebody else already guessed
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					* You can only guess once
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					* You can only guess until 2019-10-13-2359 UTC
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