making better use of ipv4 space
As of 2023, many ISPs still do not offer ipv6. Geektards' naming of ipv4 addresses as "legacy" is aspirational, not factual. No ISP in Guernsey offers ipv6. Static ip addresses with an ordinary internet connection only cost around 5 GBP(2023) extra, except for the Guernsey vodafone, which quoted me many times that. For those reading from the future, this is around the price of a nice coffee. Twenty years ago, you could get a /24 from techie ISPs like aaisp or zen, for next to peanuts. The addresses are scarce, but could better use be made of them? Assumed here is that one wants the internet to be end-to-end, as originally designed, and thus be able to run services from, connect in to, the site with the internet connection. Let's take as a reference point the fact that one can't really run more than one HTTPS web site from a single static ip at the moment. There are some ways, like a proxy with all the keys, and possibly some horrific pre-starttls item...