On Thu, Feb 09, 2023 at 02:46:51PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > On 2/9/23 04:13, Anssi Saari wrote: [...] > > I don't know why though. The other IPv6 access I have is through a VPN > > and there, for privacy, of course my connection is NATted to the same > > exit IPv6 address as everyone else's. IPv6 defines the range fc00::/7 as > > unique local addresses which are similar to IPv4 private network ranges > > and I get a local IPv6 address from that range from the VPN server. > > > > . > And where is that info published? Up till now I was not aware of an ipv6 equ > to 192.168.xx.xx addresses. That could make the cheese quite a bit less > binding. :o)> Not "equ" but just "similar". They are called "unique local addresses", and, as always, Wikipedia [1] is your friend. You can go from there to the relevant RFCs if you want *all* the gories. Wikipedia's IPv6 entry [2] is highly recommended. Yes, that info is published. Cheers [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unique_local_address [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6 -- t
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