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by segfaultbuserr 2244 days ago
You can also use Tor as IPv6 proxy in a pure IPv4 network (or as IPv4 proxy in a pure IPv6 network), recent versions of Tor can work under pure IPv6, gaining privacy and connectivity simultaneously. The speed is not actually too bad for web browsing, although not ideal for SSH. But still comes handy sometimes, I'm used it before to clone packages from GitHub on IPv6-only servers.
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Polylactic_acid 2244 days ago
How does github not have an AAAA record in 2020?? The faster people move to gitlab the better. ipv6 servers are not at all rare. Useful for individual use since you can save $1/month by dropping a useless for personal use feature.
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segfaultbuserr 2244 days ago
> How does github not have an AAAA record in 2020?

Yeah, it's hopeless, and it goes as if [0] they explicitly decided not to support it, incredibly frustrating!

> The faster people move to gitlab the better.

A lot projects will always host their master repository on GitHub for better or worse...

[0] Not meant to be an accusation, I don't have any evidence.

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mmalone 2244 days ago
Last time I launched a new website it took less than a month for someone to let us know that we'd forgotten to configure a AAAA and our site was inaccessible for them. And that was at new website traffic volume.

So yea, GitHub definitely knows about AAAA records and has intentionally decided not to have one. The question is: why? They must have a reason. Maybe even a good one. I'm curious.

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rob-olmos 2244 days ago
Interesting. Any likely reasons why not having IPv6/AAAA make the site inaccessible to them?

Sounds like most of the internet would be inaccessible to them as well?

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segfaultbuserr 2244 days ago
A broken AAAA record, perhaps. Sometimes the AAAA is invalid or broken without getting noticed by the sysadmin. I've personally reported broken AAAA records before.
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rob-olmos 2241 days ago
I see. Although from the mmalone's comment it sounded like an AAAA record wasn't set at all, rather than set incorrectly.
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segfaultbuserr 2244 days ago
I do find some rumors on Reddit [0], which says IPv6 is a low priority project that gives its way to other projects.

[0] https://old.reddit.com/r/ipv6/comments/ec8i7y/github_still_d...

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