[Info-vax] implementing IPv6 on the internet

[Chris]

On 09/21/16 08:46, Dirk Munk wrote:

>
> I explained that in in the first posting of this thread.
>
> In short, you will have global IPv6 addresses on you home LAN.
>
> These addresses with accompanying DNS names have to be registered on a
> public DNS server, i.e. the DNS server of your ISP.
>
> There has to be a secure and automatic mechanism on your router that
> will take care of this.
>
> Your ISP has to provide you with a (sub)domain where you can store your
> entries.
>
> That is the only way you can access devices on you home LAN by a DNS
> name, like nas.levitte.org .
>
> I notice that you have your own domain, but I assume you don't have your
> own public DNS server. You will use the DNS server of some ISP or so. I
> also have a domain, but it is registered at Hurricane Electric.
>
> So levitte.org should be registered at the nameserver of your ISP,
> otherwise reversed name lookup is impossible.
>
>

I don't see it in such draconian terms and there will be other solutions
no doubt. For example, my isp holds domain names, which when accessed
forward the request to any ip address that you choose.

There is no way that organisations will want all the machines on
their internal subnets out there in public view, so NAT and routing
will have an important role for the forseeable future...

Regards,

Chris