DistroWatch Finally Adds Support For IPv6 (distrowatch.com)

We've frequently linked to DistroWatch for their coverage of Linux package and release announcements. Now an anonymous reader writes: The DistroWatch website introduced IPv6 support on Friday and the new protocol has been getting a lot of attention. "Over 8% of our traffic this weekend came from IPv6 addresses," commented DistroWatch contributor Jesse Smith. "It was a pleasant surprise, we were not expecting that many people would be using IPv6 yet."

When asked why DistroWatch enabled IPv6 access to their server at this time, Smith answered: "Partly it was an experiment to see how much interest there was in IPv6. Partly it was because it is a little embarrassing (in 2016) to have a technology focused website that is not making use of IPv6."

Comments

Re:IPv6 is a failed technology

[Anonymous Coward]

I am with you except for the part where you say it "requires literally no effort to enable it". Where I live getting an IPv6 address requires calling up the ISP and requesting specifically an IPv6 address, which is available on the more expensive plans. Many VPS/dedicated hosts require the user to purchase IPv6 addresses and default to IPv4 only.

Depending on how services were configured (like web servers, FTP, etc) sometimes extra tweaks are required on the server side. That is assuming the daemon you are running even supports IPv6.

Then the firewall way need to have its rules updated in same cases to allow/block IPv6 traffic.

Depending on which domain registrar/nameserver provider you use, some extra steps may be required to enable IPv6.

It is surprisingly how many steps can be required to get services to support IPv6. There is no one big hurdle, but a lot of little ones. It's no wonder many companies/websites still don't support IPv6.

Re:IPv6 is a failed technology

[Rising Ape]

BT and Sky are in the process of introducing IPv6. Google are now showing over 11% UK connections via IPv6, compared to something like 2% at the start of the year.