alt Hacker NewsI was hoping with IPv6, getting an address space as an individual would go back to how it was in the early IPv4 days, but alas you need to be a multihomed individual with tons of usage instead of just a sophisticated netzien that wants to own their block.
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I don't want an address, they should be cheap, meaningless (sans routing, the longer the common prefix, the closer geographically you should be) and not conflated with identifiers.
I just want a way to do public-key based discovery. I'm not sure if wireguard + DHT would do though as it'd also mean that it's easy to track your PK (and maybe you through your devices/services announced with PKs).
Maybe you can announce your IP in a neat encryption scheme that adds some privacy without increasing costs too much?
What is the point of owning public address space?
Anything in your private network (even if it goes over public internet) should be encrypted and locked up anyway. Something like Wireguard or Nebula only needs a few (maybe just one) publicly accessible address. Inside the overlay network, it's easy to keep IP addresses stable.
Anything public-facing likely needs a DNS record, updatable quickly when the IP of a publicly accessible interface changes (infrequently).
What am I missing?
Honestly it's not free but it's really not that expensive. With RIPE it's about 75€ per year for the ASN and being multihomed is not really a problem, there are multiple services that will let you announce through them for free or very cheap. You don't have volume minimums.
I do agree it should be simpler, but it is accessible to individuals today.
I feel you. Us nerds have been ignored by modern day home user contracts.
Yes, same here. Very frustrating. It is almost as if the powers that be don't want lowly netizens controlling their own destiny.