[plug] Exploring world of ipv6 - tunnels

[Bill Kenworthy]

Is anyone actually seriously using IPv6 at the home or small business
level? - or is it only backbone/ISP uplinks and the like.

and is anyone IPv6 only yet?

BillK

On Wed, 2010-11-17 at 08:34 +0800, Craig Foster wrote:
> GoGo6 (Go6.net), SixXS (sixxs.net)and Hurricane Electric (he.net) all do tunnel broking, and all of them have copy and paste ifconfig scripts available.
> GoGo6 config can also be used on AARNet's broker (broker.aarnet.net.au)
> 
> HE also have tests / certification, not that it's industry regarded :P
> 
> IPv6 completely bypasses NAT and IPv4 firewalls, but it just means you need to configure an IPv6 firewall where each machine has an internet address...
> 
> Been dual homed on AARNet for a little bit, and on HE for about a year.
> 
> CraigF.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On Behalf
> > Of Tim
> > Sent: Wednesday, 17 November 2010 8:05 AM
> > To: plug
> > Subject: [plug] Exploring world of ipv6 - tunnels
> > 
> > I'm starting to explore the world of ipv6. Seeing as I'm on a telstra wireless
> > broadband connected, I'm double natted. I'm thinking that to best play with
> > ipv6 I need a tunnel somewhere. I know there are a number of tunnel brokers,
> > sixxs and gogo6 are the first that come up.
> > I also have a server that has a ipv6 address.
> > So my options are to use a tunnel broker, or setup my own tunnel to my server
> > and go from there.
> > Any suggestions (linux server and client)? What works best, easiest.
> > How secure are the tunnels?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Tim
> > p.s. Using ubuntu, so tunnel software in ubuntu repo's would be nice
> > 
> > --
> > Timothy White - Somewhere in Australia
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