dat new XPS 9300 (Tp4spective)

[Leslieann]

As I understand it, while Microsoft can failover to IP address, it typically doesn’t and general advise is not to rely on IP address for any kind of telemetry blocking because while Microsoft can and do change IP ranges regularly for security, they don’t change DNS registrations.

If I ever stop seeing Microsoft addresses popping up in my logs, I’ll have reason to suspect Windows has started using IPs, so while as I previously mentioned, I DO have a firewall, I don’t see the need to implement IP rules until that point.

I could run PiHole on the ubuntu server box I have running Security Onion, but I’m quite attached to the little Pi to be honest.

I'm not sure of the fallover, I'm pretty sure they were hard coded early on in Win10 but a lot has changed with it since released. I'll take your word, as it sounds like you have a decent enough setup and I really don't feel like setting up a Windows box and another system for logging just to see.

Just curious, not trying to to pull a gotcha or anything but are you able to check IPV6? I'd be curious to know if they're using it yet, I know Google is.

I'll be setting up Pihole in a container on my file server/NAS soon, I just need to find the time. I use a DNS that filters a lot of ads and tracking on top of everything else.

[-Jerry-]

I'm not sure of the fallover, I'm pretty sure they were hard coded early on in Win10 but a lot has changed with it since released. I'll take your word, as it sounds like you have a decent enough setup and I really don't feel like setting up a Windows box and another system for logging just to see.

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Just curious, not trying to to pull a gotcha or anything but are you able to check IPV6? I'd be curious to know if they're using it yet, I know Google is.

I'll be setting up Pihole in a container on my file server/NAS soon, I just need to find the time. I use a DNS that filters a lot of ads and tracking on top of everything else.

Hmm, I’m pretty sure there’s no IPv6 traffic getting out, since my ISP doesn’t support IPv6 and my edge router has IPv6 disabled. The only IPv6 addressing I can see in my logs is link-local, so I’m fairly confident. Of course, it’s also possible I’m missing something very obvious, haha

[Leslieann]

Hmm, I’m pretty sure there’s no IPv6 traffic getting out, since my ISP doesn’t support IPv6 and my edge router has IPv6 disabled. The only IPv6 addressing I can see in my logs is link-local, so I’m fairly confident. Of course, it’s also possible I’m missing something very obvious, haha

Odd you see it link local, on my last router disabling it seemed to just disable it on the local LAN, at least as far as I could tell. I disabled it and haven't even looked at it since even after switching routers. I have no idea how far it can get from there with or without support. Beware, a lot of ISP's will be using it, we are officially out of IPV4 addresses. Those with spares are hoarding them.

May have to experiment with that this weekend, aaaaand there's another project.

[tp4tissue]

Still on verizon here,  they ain't no gibs Tp4 ipv6 none.

[Leslieann]

Still on verizon here,  they ain't no gibs Tp4 ipv6 none.

Can someone please translate this to human.

[yui]

i had trouble in the past (about a year ago) with new router from isp not being even able to handle IPv6 on either side and just crashed when you tried, so to me it seems that IPv6 is not that well implemented by everyone

[-Jerry-]

Still on verizon here,  they ain't no gibs Tp4 ipv6 none.

Can someone please translate this to human.

Certainly;

"The regrettable situation I find myself in is such that my provider of internet service, namely Verizon, is not providing IPv6 addressing for me, Tp4."