IPv6 faster/better proof? was Re: Need /24 (arin) asap

valdis.kletnieks at vt.edu valdis.kletnieks at vt.edu
Sat Jun 23 21:16:59 UTC 2018


On Sat, 23 Jun 2018 12:27:35 -0400, "Jean | ddostest.me via NANOG" said:

> Because, Apple adds a 25 ms artifical penalty to ipv4 dns resolution.
>
> https://ma.ttias.be/apple-favours-ipv6-gives-ipv4-a-25ms-penalty/

Umm.. It's 3 year old news that Apple implemented Happy Eyeballs.

And if you read, it continues on saying that both Firefox and Chrome use a 300ms
timer rather than 25ms.

The solution is, of course, to not build websites that need to hit 20 or 30 IPv4-only
tracking and affiliate and ad sites. :)
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