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It's easier to remember the IPs of good DNSes, too. (lemmy.sdf.org)

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Today in our newest take on "older technology is better": why NAT rules!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

There is this notion that IPv6 exposes any host directly to the internet, which is not correct.

TP-Link routers used to actually do this. They didn't have an IPv6 firewall at all. In fact they didn't add an IPv6 firewall to their "enterprise-focused" 10Gbps router (ER8411) until October 2023.