• drkt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    I think there’s some misunderstanding

    I get how IPv6 works, I got a /48 from my ISP. The problem is that I have some 15 devices here that I have to refer to in DNS and either I have to change their static IPs or I have to change their IPs in DNS if the prefix ever changes (it shouldn’t, because I pay for them to not do that). My laptop, phone and desktop do not get a static IPv6 and use the privacy extension. Is that not how you’re supposed to do it?

    • blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk
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      5 months ago

      I don’t understand it either. On one hand people say don’t remember addresses, use DNS and on the other DNS relies on static addresses but then every device is “supposed” to have random addresses via SLAAC or privacy addresses. It just doesn’t seem to tie together very well, but if you use them like IPv4 addresses you’re apparently doing it wrong.

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      5 months ago

      Not sure if you know privacy extension is mostly for outbound traffic. When you go to a website it well use privacy ipv6. Can still use management ipv6 for local connections. For max privacy every device should have it enabled as there are ways to trace if some devices do not have it enabled on your network.

      • drkt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        5 months ago

        I don’t think you understand. I know privacy extension is for outbound and not inbound, but what use is it on a server?

        • Auli
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          5 months ago

          From reading one device can ruin the privacy extension use. Don’t know if a server would be they bad since it isn’t going to sites.