[fpc-other] Your thoughts on cloud based server instances?

[Luca Olivetti]

El 13/03/17 a les 14:52, José Mejuto ha escrit:
> El 13/03/2017 a las 8:46, Luca Olivetti escribió:
>
>> But, correct me if I'm wrong, if you don't run a dual stack os, you
>> can't contact an ipv4 host, on an ipv4 address, from an ipv6 host.
>> Basically, it's true that there's no real transition path: ipv6 is
>> useless for servers since they cannot be contacted by ipv4 clients
>> (unless they also have an ipv4 address), and it's equally useless for
>> clients (unless, again, they also have an ipv4 address to contact 99% of
>> the Internet).
>
> Hello,
>
> If your system is IPV6 only you can connect with any IPV4 or IPV6 (ISP
> routers NATs the address), if you are IPV4 you can only see IPV4 world.
>
>

So, while for a client ipv6 is enough, for a server ipv4 is mandatory.
Glad I'm still on ipv4 ;-) (since I host my own mail server).

Bye
-- 
Luca