[colug-432] FW: RTP3-SIXXS: SixXS shutting down 2017-06-06

[Rob Stampfli]

On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 10:22:15AM -0400, R P Herrold wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Mar 2017, Rob Stampfli wrote:
> 
> > The thing I'll miss most about SixXS will be their IPv4Gate:  Append
> > ".ipv4.sixxs.org" to an IPv6-capable domain name, and it will access
> > the site on IPv6 and re-send it to you over IPv4.  For someone who
> > does not have local IPv6 access, that's a great testing tool.  I hope
> > someone else picks it up.
> 
> actually, if one has a 'squid' proxy running which can access 
> ipv6, it will handle the task of 'translating an ipv6 remote 
> hose to ipv4 as well just fine.  A 'recent' version will also 
> even handle SSL connections

I'll have to check it out.  Thanks, Russ.

Rob