[Gllug] Public IPs - When are they appropriate

[Richard Cottrill]

I quite like the whole peering concept of my toaster having a public IP
address. It's nice to think that in some way my toaster can be on the same
level as the Big Iron out there :)#

I think there's a whole space out there for the under-appreciated 'little
iron'. For me there's a whole political/philosophical bent to public IP
addresses and their use.

While we're debating this sort of thing I think it would be quaint to ask if
anyone would care to share their experiences with IPv6. Actually - how would
someone go about setting up IPv6 (for any major OS) and what progs could
they run across it?

Anyone?

Richard

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gllug-admin at linux.co.uk [mailto:gllug-admin at linux.co.uk]On Behalf
> Of itsbruce at uklinux.net
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 12:39 PM
> To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] Public IPs - When are they appropriate
>
>
>
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> On 11/12/01, 12:19:57 PM, tet at accucard.com wrote regarding Re: [Gllug]
> Public IPs - When are they appropriate :
>
>
> > >Yeah, there is no reason for most of the workstations in this
> office to
> have
> > >a public IP and it is soooooo much easier when you can just plug a
> machine
> > >into the network and let DHCP handle the rest.
>
> > Of course, there's no reason why you couldn't just have your DHCP server
> > allocate public IP addresses (although unless you've got
> dynamic DNS, the
> > advantages of a public IP address would be lost).
>
> I know people keep making that argument for the sake of purity but it
> offends my sense of economy.  Why waste a public ip address on something
> that doesn't need it (or rarely does, in which case the compromises of
> NAT are usually adequate).  Dissing the extra security of NAT doesn't
> impress either - each extra layer is a definite bonus as no individual
> layer is going to be completely and eternally reliable.
>
> There are a lot of arguments for IPv6 but the ability to give a public
> IP address to your toaster definitely isn't one of the smart ones.  The
> spiel is that there will be no more ip shortages when IPv6 is here but
> Parkinson's Law tells me that is wrong - especially if a profligate
> attitude to assigning IP addresses is positively encouraged.
>
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> Bruce
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