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One Step Closer to IPv6
gbjbaanb writes "IPv6 came a step closer yesterday as ICANN added IPv6 host records to the root DNS servers, reports the BBC. 'Paul Twomey, president of Icann which oversees the addressing system, told the BBC News website there was a need to start moving to IPv6. "There's pressure for people to make the conversion to IPv6," he said. "We're pushing this as a major issue." The reason for the urgency, he said, was because the unallocated addresses from the total of 4,294,967,296 possible with IPv4 was rapidly running out. "We're down to 14% of the unallocated addresses out of the whole pool for version 4," he said. Projections suggest that this unallocated pool will run out by 2011 at the latest.'"
See?
Fuck you, slashdot. Fuck your moderators, fuck your uninformed garbage opinions, fuck your sheepish masses that have no idea about how shit should work.
Goddamn brainless sheep. You all need to fuck off and die.
Oh, Taco - What did we do to deserve this?
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...due to script flooding that originated from your network or ip address -- or this IP might have been used to post comments designed to break web browser rendering. Or you crawled us with a rude robot, especially one that doesn't understand RFCs very well.
Turn on computer.
Open Firefox Browser and click on Slashdot on my Bookmarks Toolbar
Thinks to self, "Oooh, that looks like an interesting topic. I think I'll check that one out. Lessee, 870 Comments . .
click
820 More [Comments] - click - 770 More - click - 720 More - click - 670 More - click - (system getting noticably slower) - 620 More - click - 570 More - click - 520 More - click -
(dialog box opens) - A script has stopped working, blah, blah, blah . . . do you want to try again?
Thinks to self, "Well duh!! That's why I clicked on it in the first place."
Yes - click - 520 More - click - 470 More - click -
A script has stopped working, blah, blah, blah . . . do you want to try again?
Ye-esss! - click - 420 More - click - click - A script - click - 420 - Yes!! - click - click
(ad fucking nauseum)
The following morning - Open Firefox browser, click on Slashdot on Bookmarks Toolbar.
WHAM!! (In a faggot pink screen)
Either your network or ip address has been banned from Slashdot
If you feel that this is unwarranted, feel free to include your IP address (xxx.xxx.xx.xx) in the subject of an email, and we will examine why there is a ban. If you fail to include the IP address (again, in the subject!), then your message will be deleted and ignored. I mean come on, we're good, we're not psychic.
If you think your IP number is different from xxx.xxx.xx.xx, tell us both.
If you are using a browser with some kind of add-on that crawls or caches pages for you, tell us what it is.
Since you can't read the FAQ because you're banned, here's the relevant portion:
Why is my IP banned?
Perhaps you are running some sort of program that loaded thousands of Slashdot Pages. We have limited resources here and are fairly protective of them. We need to make sure that everyone shares. If your IP loads thousands of pages in a day, you will likely be banned. Please note that many proxy servers load large quantities of pages, but we can usually distinguish between proxy servers being used by humans, and IPs running software that is hammering our servers.
Your IP might have been used to perform some sort of denial of service attack against Slashdot. These range from simple programs that just load a lot of pages, to programs that attempt to coordinate an avalanche of posts in the forums (often through misconfigured "Open Relay" proxy servers).
You might be using a proxy server that is also being used by another person who did something from the above list. You should have your proxy server administrator contact us.
Your IP might have been used to post comments designed to break web browser rendering.
Answered by: CmdrTaco
Last Modified: 7/02/02
How do I get an IP Unbanned?
Email banned@slashdot.org. Make sure to include the IP in question, and any other pertinent information. If you are connecting through a proxy server, you might need to have your proxy server's admin contact us instead of you.
Answered by: CmdrTaco
Last Modified: 3/26/02
Script flooding? Well, yeah, maybe, BUT I'M NOT A FUCKING COMPUTER GUY, SO I WOULDN'T FUCKING KNOW CUZ I NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM UNTIL YOU DECIDED TO CHANGE THE WAY COMMENTS ARE LOADED!!
Rude Robot?? Don't know, don't care. Like I said, I'm not a computer guy, but I'm sure that's not the reason.
IP might have been used to post comments designed to break web browser rendering?? Ummm . . . how about we just move along?
So, I get to star
Lovely. IPv6 barely supports firewalls or NATs, allowing any Joe Sixpack to see what your secured corporate network topology is like from anywhere... unless you do a hack like using IPv6 externally, IPv4 internally.
It also does not support reserved IP blocks... change ISPs, and you are forced to re-ip your whole network.
Of course, IPv6 has -zero- hooks for IP level encryption, so this has to be handled at the trensport or app level.
Good luck doing PPP over ssh.
I guess it's true if your time has no value.