DistroWatch Finally Adds Support For IPv6 (distrowatch.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on Sunday June 5, 2016 @07:31AM from the following-protocol dept.

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."

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Speaking of embarrassing... by QuietLagoon · 2016-06-05 08:08 · Score: 4, Interesting

Partly it was because it is a little embarrassing (in 2016) to have a technology focused website that is not making use of IPv6."
Amazon AWS, are you listening?
1. Re:Speaking of embarrassing... by steffann · 2016-06-05 23:05 · Score: 3, Interesting
  
  Apparently they are: https://www.facebook.com/group...
  The interesting bit:
  
  One colleague was on a webinar with AWS yesterday and sent me this choice quote: "We are making a big announcement about IPv6 next week. Watch our blog and you'll see a lot of support."
And Slashdot...? by KiloByte · 2016-06-05 08:41 · Score: 3, Interesting

it was because it is a little embarrassing (in 2016) to have a technology focused website that is not making use of IPv6
Hmm... then let's see the aaaa records for slashdot.org...

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