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by callalex 1055 days ago
>Ipv6 makes a server as a middlemen for some applications (Ipv4 only) completely obsolete.

Not really, proxying also provides user privacy, and enables DDoS protection (this is especially an issue in the video game world).

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Absolutely, a very good point indeed. But I meant more specific applications like end-to-end messaging. Surely 'obsolete' is a bit of an overstatement. At the end it depends how one looks at and want things to be done.