Hi,

I try to find a proper how to about how to enable one Leopard machine as IPv6 router.
But so far I couldn't find something. I was looking for a how to that allows me to give local machines also public IPv6 addresses. Since I got an subnet, why not using it?

cu Hannemaf

It doesn't right, so does Apache, Postfix or even Bind ;-)

Even getting a ping result from a IPv6 server isn't that hard.

I was thinking about DNSSEC to spread it in the wild a bit more. If you check out the Sage (end even users with lower certificates) most of them are doing everything to get more points. So why not using this obsession for points into something useful?

I mean what does the net need? More peers for P2P networks? Maybe, but there are to many legal risks connected with it. So some people might prefer not to set up one.
TOR exit nodes? Definitely, but that is the same problem as with P2P peers. So what else could be pushed to let the community benefit?
Maybe Public uncensored DNS servers, but that would create high traffic load (and so it will cost a lot of money for some). In addition the individual won't profit from that.

So back to DNSSEC. If it could be used to get more points there would be a group of more than 100 (depending on for which rank that would be relevant) people who could use it. And therefore a little push for this technology.
It could be also an additional "submit a DNSSEC ready DNS server request every week" or so.... but that would be more than I had in mind.

Hi

I guess this whole fun certificate could also be used to push other technologies, such as DNSSEC, so why not adding this to the list of things to get points for?

cu Hannemaf

providing a "The Onion Router" (TOR) could also be a service from which the community would profit.

hi

don't know if it is part of a later rank.... but since checking AAAA records and web pages was already part of the game... what's about the idea to let the user create a special host behind a router?

it shouldn't be to hard to create a virtual machine with a specific hostname and then let the user confugurate his own machine to forward a IPv6 request to that host.

maybe that is a bit confusing..... ok here a faked traceroute:

Code:

routingcheck.tunnel.tserv6.fra1.ipv6.he.net: # traceroute6 ipv6.he.net

traceroute to ipv6.he.net (2001:470:0:64::2), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
 1  userhost.tserv6.fra1.ipv6.he.net (2001:470::2)  6.341 ms   7.621 ms   6.512 ms
 2  gige-g2-4.core1.fra1.he.net (2001:470:0:69::1)  10.937 ms   5.086 ms   15.395 ms
 3  10gigabitethernet1-4.core1.ams1.he.net (2001:470:0:47::1)  12.513 ms   10.336 ms   10.244 ms
 4  10gigabitethernet1-4.core1.lon1.he.net (2001:470:0:3f::1)  20.604 ms   20.536 ms   17.315 ms
 5  10gigabitethernet2-3.core1.nyc4.he.net (2001:470:0:3e::1)  87.628 ms   86.505 ms   89.052 ms
 6  10gigabitethernet3-1.core1.sjc2.he.net (2001:470:0:33::1)  166.804 ms   165.291 ms   166.506 ms
 7  10gigabitethernet1-1.core1.fmt1.he.net (2001:470:0:2f::1)  178.892 ms   170.906 ms   171.414 ms
 8  ipv6.he.net (2001:470:0:64::2)  166.388 ms   166.056 ms   165.757 ms

but insted of submitting this, the tunnelbroker.net server would try to reach the machine with the name "routingcheck.tunnel.tserv6.fra1.ipv6.he.net".

hmm maybe I should sleep not write... it was a long day.

good night Hannemaf

yeah but calling it admin or professional is a bit strange. i thing something like these explorer and enthusiast and similar would have been a better choice. that would make admin and professional free for more serious tests.

anyway... it's still about fun in this "certification program", maybe I'm just taking it far too serious. :-) But it is a good reason to play with IPv6.

Hm maybe, I was surprised that it was working right at the first try.

Anyway if you check the number of admin certificates is the lowest of all certificates. And in normal programs the certificate with the highest rank is the one with the lowest number of certificate holders.

Suggest some.

I did it already, so did some other people as well. Just check Auxilliary services for ideas.

Right, either DIN A4 or the US equivalent would be good.
I would say that PDF would be the best format.

hmm it looks like my router also doesn't support it, but i can use the gw6c application to get through my router in both directions.
If you only want to use a IPv6 client, you could also look for the aiccu client which is supported by Sixxs.net.

Hi,

It looks like that I was a bit unalerted, when I read that I should be careful which Domain/IP I use.

While I did all this I was in the process of registering a new domain and now I want to change to that one, especially because of the fact that I now should do all the Guru test's with 2001:5c0:1400:a::51. Which is now impossible for me.

So is there a way to change the settings to use another domain?

cu Hannemaf

hm looks like it isn't working again. If I go back to "Update Info" then all of the fields are empty again.

Hi,

I just reached the Admin level and was surprised how easy it was to reach the Professional level.
I would say there should be some more tests such as additional services on the server or even on the client.

cu Hannemaf

I know that there are some legal issues involved in this stuff but maybe this shows better what I think of.

The certificate would have 2 dynamic parts similar to the existing buttons, but instead of the user name the real name will be shown and the rank.
Below that the text of what have to be done to reach that rank and the number of points. I guess a mentioning of the maximum number of points would be a bit useless. There are to many ways to get more points without (I guess) reaching a new rank.
But points are always good to show sooooo... lets say that's the fun part :-)

And below that is the fine print. There is a place where the user name and the certificate ID could be placed.



Just click on that picture to get a bigger version. This is only a version to clarify what I meant and clearly nothing that shows how it should be done. For example the fonts should be different to be better readable and my colour combination is horrible.

cu Hannemaf

what's about a Jabba server ?

or at least to be able to communicate via Jabba over IPv6? this could be something for the NewB or Explorer level.

Right, the option to display the real personal details would be important as well.

Years ago I loved to have the Seti@Home certificates on the wall. Even if it isn't an official accredited certificate, the people are right if they say they had to do something for it. Sure, there are ways for cheating, but you could add an information about the domain which was used for the tests.
If you put a ID number on the certificate, you would offer a way to validate the certificate.

It still wouldn't be the ultimate way to prove something, but at least a bit.

I understand that this is for fun, but as I wrote already. Everybody who got more than the NewB points did something to reach a goal. But I still don't like the idea that people could pretend, that they got a Guru rank and have this certificate on there wall, but don't have a clue what IPv6 is.