On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 4:33 PM, Laszlo Hanyecz <laszlo@heliacal.net> wrote:
On 2016-06-05 22:48, Damian Menscher wrote:
What *is* standard about them? My earliest training as a sysadmin taught me that any time you switch away from a default setting, you're venturing into the unknown. Your config is no longer well-tested; you may experience strange errors; nobody else will have seen the same bugs.
That's exactly what's happening here -- people are setting up IPv6 tunnel broker connections, then complaining that there are unexpected side effects.
There are a lot of non technical Netflix users who are being told to turn off IPv6, switch ISPs, get a new VPN, etc. because Netflix has a broken system. Those users don't care what IPv6 is, they just learn that it's bad because it breaks Netflix. Most users have no way to change these things and they just aren't going to be able to use Netflix anymore.
Who are these non-technical Netflix users who accidentally stumbled into having a HE tunnel broker connection without their knowledge? I wasn't aware this sort of thing could happen without user consent, and would like to know if I'm wrong. Only thing I can imagine is if ISPs are using HE as a form of CGN. Another question: what benefit does one get from having a HE tunnel broker connection? Is it just geek points, or is there a practical benefit too? Damian