EFnet IRC Network Forum

I've found the need for such a round robin on multiple occasions... I have my own, but I don't really want to hand it out as my domains won't always be as reliable as 'efnet.org'... so would it be possible to make an IPv6-only round robin. irc.ipv6.efnet.org or ipv6.efnet.org make the most sense to me.

irc.efnet.org. 86400 IN AAAA 2001:590::c603:a003
irc.efnet.org. 86400 IN AAAA 2001:7b8:3:3f:201:2ff:fef6:574e
irc.efnet.org. 86400 IN AAAA 2001:840:0:1000:1::1
irc.efnet.org. 86400 IN AAAA 2001:888:0:2::2
irc.efnet.org. 86400 IN AAAA 2001:16d8:26::
irc.efnet.org. 86400 IN AAAA 2001:19f0::dead:beef:cafe
irc.efnet.org. 86400 IN AAAA 2001:19f0:1004:5123:0:dead:beef:cafe
irc.efnet.org. 86400 IN AAAA 2001:41e0:5::6667
irc.efnet.org. 86400 IN AAAA 2001:4200:fffe:0:204:23ff:feb4:1d96
irc.efnet.org. 86400 IN AAAA 2001:470:0:6667::2

Yes, I made my own too that consisted, but irc.efnet.org contains ipv4 addresses as well...

I realize the irc.efnet.org round-robin contains ipv4 and ipv6 addresses.. not really what I had in mind.

phisher1 wrote:possible to make an IPv6-only round robin.

My main reason was for when a user asked "Hey, what ipv6 servers does efnet have?" If I told them irc.efnet.org, and they expect to be connect to an ipv6 but inadvertently connect to an ipv4 server, that may be something they didn't want to do. I personally used to use an ipv6 tunnel from home to avoid having to have my cable modem IP exposed to IRC. I actually set up a firewall rule to disallow myself from accidentally connecting via ipv4. With a an ipv6-only round robin, that could be avoided and users would not have to keep track of every EFnet ipv6 server.

ghanover@dev:~$ host irc.ipv6.efnet.org
irc.ipv6.efnet.org has IPv6 address 2001:16d8:26::
irc.ipv6.efnet.org has IPv6 address 2001:19f0::dead:beef:cafe
irc.ipv6.efnet.org has IPv6 address 2001:19f0:1004:5123:0:dead:beef:cafe
irc.ipv6.efnet.org has IPv6 address 2001:41e0:5::6667
irc.ipv6.efnet.org has IPv6 address 2001:4200:fffe:0:204:23ff:feb4:1d96
irc.ipv6.efnet.org has IPv6 address 2001:470:0:6667::2
irc.ipv6.efnet.org has IPv6 address 2001:590::c603:a003
irc.ipv6.efnet.org has IPv6 address 2001:7b8:3:3f:201:2ff:fef6:574e
irc.ipv6.efnet.org has IPv6 address 2001:840:0:1000:1::1
irc.ipv6.efnet.org has IPv6 address 2001:888:0:2::2

Much appreciated !

What would really be neat is irc.ssl-ipv6.efnet.org for the 5 servers that support it.

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munky wrote:ghanover@dev:~$ host irc.ipv6.efnet.org
irc.ipv6.efnet.org has IPv6 address 2001:16d8:26::
irc.ipv6.efnet.org has IPv6 address 2001:19f0::dead:beef:cafe
irc.ipv6.efnet.org has IPv6 address 2001:19f0:1004:5123:0:dead:beef:cafe
irc.ipv6.efnet.org has IPv6 address 2001:41e0:5::666
irc.ipv6.efnet.org has IPv6 address 2001:4200:fffe:0:204:23ff:feb4:1d96
irc.ipv6.efnet.org has IPv6 address 2001:470:0:6667::2
irc.ipv6.efnet.org has IPv6 address 2001:590::c603:a003
irc.ipv6.efnet.org has IPv6 address 2001:7b8:3:3f:201:2ff:fef6:574e
irc.ipv6.efnet.org has IPv6 address 2001:840:0:1000:1::1
irc.ipv6.efnet.org has IPv6 address 2001:888:0:2::2

munky wrote:ghanover@dev:~$ host irc.ipv6.efnet.org
irc.ipv6.efnet.org has IPv6 address 2001:41e0:5::666

This server recently delinked, and should probably be removed from the round-robin

This list is long overdue to be updated

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