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Re: IPv6 could change things - Was: DMCA takedowns of networks
- From: Jeffrey Ollie
- Date: Tue Oct 27 10:21:19 2009
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Michael Dillon
<wavetossed@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> But, when IPv6 is a bit more common, there is no need for virtual
> hosters to share
> a single IP address between several sites. They may as well use a
> unique IPv6 address
> for every single site, even if they are all on the same server. The
> side effect of this is
> that it makes the network operator's tool sharper, and able to knock
> down single sites
> with a /32 ACL.
>
> For a hosting provider, I would think that this strengthens the
> business case for IPv6.
But do the commonly-used operating systems support adding hundreds or
thousands of addresses to an interface, and what would the performance
implications be?
--
Jeff Ollie
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