deep darc

Just wanted to share this post by Greg Knauss. It's good to put things into perspective on occasion.

via Daring Fireball

With less than 10% of IPv4 addresses remaining unallocated, IPv6 has been getting a lot of attention lately. As such, hardware vendors and ISPs (like Comcast) are now starting to figure out how best to deploy IPv6 connectivity to residential customers.

IPv6 would effectively make the use of IP masquerading (A form of Network Address Translaton used in practically all residential gateway routers) unnecessary. Unfortunately, the current ubiquity of IP masquerading has caused vendors and ISPs to be suspicious of allowing proper end-to-end connectivity to residential customers. I have even heard that some are even considering using the same IP masquerading mechanism for IPv6—for security reasons!

This would be a very bad thing for the future of the IPv6 internet, so I wanted to elaborate on the motivations people have for doing this and ways that it can be avoided altogether.

I just learned that m0n0wall now supports IPv6, which is great news. Lack of IPv6 support is actually why I stopped using m0n0wall years ago. Since that time I've come to miss it dearly. Now that my only gripe has been addressed, I might consider giving it another try.

In case you are wondering just what m0n0wall is, here is an excerpt from their website:

m0n0wall is a project aimed at creating a complete, embedded firewall software package that, when used together with an embedded PC, provides all the important features of commercial firewall boxes (including ease of use) at a fraction of the price (free software).

If you need a router and have a spare machine, give m0n0wall a try.

...but I like the original name for the Sci Fi Channel. Syfy sounds and looks retarded.

Sophia and I went to the Bridge School Benefit Concert at Shoreline Amphitheater today, and it rocked. The lineup (in no particular order) included Neil Young, No Doubt, Sheryl Crow, Wolfmother, Fleet Foxes, Jimmy Buffett, Gavin Rossdale, Monsters of Folk, Chris Martin, and Adam Sandler. Seven fraking hours, but totally worth it.

After we settled down on the lawn, I noticed something plastic in the grass. I picked it up and noticed it was a bluetooth headset. Upon further inspection I noticed that it wasn't just any bluetooth headset, it was a Jawbone Prime.

The Jawbone Prime is one of the best bluetooth headsets in the world, and with a retail price of $129.99 it darn well should be. I feel really sorry for whoever lost this thing. There wasn't anyone nearby who could have dropped it where it was, so it must have fallen out of someone's pocket as they were traversing the lawn. Damn shame.

Here are a few teaser pictures from my next hacking project.

Sophia and I arrived back from Taiwan safely last night at around 8pm local time. Overall, the trip was a blast!

But... I unfortunately brought home something extra—some sort of gastrointestinal illness that I contracted about 12 hours before I left Taiwan. I'm feeling a little better now, but I was absolutely miserable the 12 hours before the flight and the 12 hours during the flight. It was the worst possible time to get sick. I'll spare you the gruesome details and just say that it wasn't pretty.

Anyway, we are both at home and comfortable now. I'll post up some more details over the next week or so.

I'm flying out to Taiwan in a few hours. I'll be back next week.