How and Why to Publish Your Site on IPv6
summary
IPv6 already carries about 27–28% of global traffic and IPv4 public addresses hit exhaustion in 2011, so hosting strategy matters now. Expect ~20–30% faster connections on native IPv6, easy setup by adding IPv6 addresses and publishing AAAA records, and running dual stack (both IPv4 and IPv6) on Apache requires only host support and DNS updates. Options: use Cloudflare (it converts sites to IPv6), pick an IPv6-ready host, or cheap Raspberry Pi-style IPv6-only racks (Mythic Beast ~£2.50/month).
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:27Who am I
- 4:28TCPIP Network Stack
- 5:06IP Addresses
- 8:22What is IPv6
- 12:10Hosting facilities
- 13:47Dualstack
- 14:54What do you need
- 16:00How to find IPv6 web posters
- 16:17Using CloudFlare as a CDN
- 16:32IPv6 is taking off
- 16:57Global content
- 17:49IPv6 Support
- 17:59More Information
- 18:39Coverage Map
- 18:54Conclusion
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