• dohpaz42@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        My dude, you used the 10.xx private IP as an example. Why wouldn’t they assume you were referring to internal networks?

        • stoy@lemmy.zip
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          1 year ago

          I thought it was pretty clear with me adding 13.37 that I was making a joke, the earlier post spoke about how just adding one octet would still be too few addresses, so I joked about adding one more octet.

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            1 year ago

            I’m only pointing out why the other poster would make the assumption you were referring to an internal network. Do with it what you will.

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      1 year ago

      You can use a ULA if you want to. That’s essentially the IPv6 equivalent of a private IP.

      Why though? Having the same IP for both internal and external solves a bunch of issues. For example, you don’t need to use split horizon DNS any more (which is where a host name has a different IP on your internal network vs on the internet). You just need to ensure your firewalls are set up properly, which you should do anyways.