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by jrockway 5654 days ago
Nice. I am pleased to say that even my TV has a globally-routable IPv6 address. (Unfortunately, I've never actually had physical IPv6 connectivity anywhere, so I always have to VPN to my internal IPv4 network. I have SSH'd from my server with IPv6 connectivity, though, and it worked :)

Oh well, at least I'm cooler than my friends :)
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rm-rf 5654 days ago
A globally routable v6 network isn't too hard to do at home with tunnelbroker.net and similar services. A Dlink DIR-825 has enough v6 support to hold up it's end of the tunnel and route a /64. Clients (Mac, Windows, Unix's) 'just work'. Tunnelbroker does the hard part.

To move a whole enterprise is hard.

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ghshephard 5654 days ago
Moving a whole enterprise turns out to be remarkably simple. Most OS stacks from the last 5+ years have support for IPv6 - even windows XP allows a pretty straightforward upgrade. Enable the client stacks, Turn it on on your routers, and voila - your enterprise is now IPv6 enabled. Add it to your SSL VPN - IPv6 from home. The Dual-Stack capability really does make it bog simple.
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rbanffy 5653 days ago
Hats off to a man who SSHs his own TV though an IPv6 connection.
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iwwr 5653 days ago
Why would you want a naked routable TV sitting on the global network, instead of your firewalled LAN?
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jrockway 5653 days ago
I do have a firewall in front of it. And running on the box itself.
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