• calcopiritus@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Why do ISPs rotate IPv6 prefixes? Aren’t they basically infinite?

    The main reason I want IPv6 is so I don’t have to use fancy DNS for dynamic addresses.

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      5 months ago

      Because they don’t want you to host things at your house, even though that’s perfectly fine from a technical standpoint. They might want to sell you a “business” line for this, or they just don’t want the traffic (since at least in my area, traffic is always included in any home Internet connection).

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      5 months ago

      I imagine the reasons include convenience (for the ISP) and the possibility of upselling.

      There is at least one advantage to customers: address rotation makes it harder for third parties to track you.