Re: [blfs-support] blfs networking

2013-04-19 Thread lux-integ
On Friday 19 April 2013 05:48:27 DJ Lucas wrote: > If you do intend to implement v6, the big thing is that you must be > conscious of the fact that you are exposing your entire internal network > to the live internet (if that term still means anything) There is meant to be a thing called 'uni

Re: [blfs-support] blfs networking

2013-04-19 Thread lux-integ
On Friday 19 April 2013 05:48:27 DJ Lucas wrote: > My advice, having done it myself: Don't do it yet! At least, not until > you have a real world need to do so. Unless you are doing it for > training, or have a real need that cannot be addressed with existing v4, > is just a headache for very litt

Re: [blfs-support] blfs networking

2013-04-18 Thread DJ Lucas
On 04/16/2013 03:50 PM, lux-integ wrote: > On Tuesday 16 April 2013 19:57:24 Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> Whether to use ipv4 or ipv6 really depends on the ISP. Generally an >> office only needs one address and then uses NAT (network address >> translation) internally. NAT multiplexes a single address i

Re: [blfs-support] blfs networking

2013-04-16 Thread lux-integ
On Tuesday 16 April 2013 19:57:24 Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Whether to use ipv4 or ipv6 really depends on the ISP. Generally an > office only needs one address and then uses NAT (network address > translation) internally. NAT multiplexes a single address into many. > Any office can use private IP a

Re: [blfs-support] blfs networking

2013-04-16 Thread Bruce Dubbs
lux-integ wrote: > Greetings > > I caught the linux bug in 1999. and I have been a fan of LFS/CLFS/BLFS for at > least a decade. From my early days of linux I have been hearing about ipv6. > But it appears not many people are using it (STILL). AND there are business > interests who have inv

[blfs-support] blfs networking

2013-04-16 Thread lux-integ
Greetings I caught the linux bug in 1999. and I have been a fan of LFS/CLFS/BLFS for at least a decade. From my early days of linux I have been hearing about ipv6. But it appears not many people are using it (STILL). AND there are business interests who have invested in the moribund-ip