If Netflix, et al. are not accepting connections from CGNs they are ALREADY obsolete.
Yes, I know it sucks to have to tell your customers that they just bought obsolete equipment. Plug in Chromecast, Apple TV, and they can get back that functionality with a product that does actually get upgraded. Mark > On 1 Sep 2021, at 09:13, Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> wrote: > > You just broke 99% of the smart television sets in people’s homes, > unfortunately. > > That will resolve itself over time, of course, as sets are replaced, but > anyone with > a set that is more than ~3 years old is mostly unlikely to have IPv6 support > in it and > the vendors are ALL universally terrible about updating firmware. > > As much as I like the idea (and that if a sufficient number of providers were > willing > to do so, it might just serve as a forcing function to get firmware updates > done), > I wouldn’t hold my breath and I suspect where there are competitive > alternatives, > such a notice would be a boon to the competition. > > Owen > > >> On Aug 31, 2021, at 15:15 , Mark Andrews <ma...@isc.org> wrote: >> >> Force the traffic to these companies to use IPv6. Advise your customers that >> you are doing this, why you are doing this and what steps they need to take >> to enable IPv6 on their equipment. Your customers can’t be in a worse >> position. >> >> "Dear customer, >> if you want to reach … you will need to enable IPv6 support in >> your home network. The world ran out of enough IPv4 for everyone several >> years >> back and we have been sharing IPv4 between customers to allow you to reach >> IPv4 >> only sites. The afore mentioned companies are now blocking IPv4 connections >> from >> ISPs that have to share IPv4 addresses. To give you a better service we are >> blocking IPv4 connections to these companies so you will get a more reliable >> service >> over IPv6. >> >> For instructions on how to enable IPv6 connectivity on you home router see >> this >> page …. >> >> If your home router does not support IPv6 you will need to upgrade it to one >> that does." >> >>> On 1 Sep 2021, at 06:36, Bryan Holloway <br...@shout.net> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks, Owen ... good point. >>> >>> Now hearing reports for these same prefixes with Disney+ too. >>> >>> So the common denominators are: >>> >>> HBO >>> Hulu >>> Netflix >>> Amazon Prime >>> Disney+ >>> >>> ... there has _got_ to be some new-fangled DB somewhere. This all started >>> in the last month or so. >>> >>> All of our RR objects, whois, DNS is solid ... dehr? >>> >>> Fun times. >>> >>> >>> On 8/31/21 9:16 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: >>> >>> [snip] >>> >>>> Geolocate and VPN or Not are often kind of tied to the same kinds of >>>> reporting services and it may well be that whatever provider HBO is using >>>> for one is also being used for the other. >>>> Owen >> >> -- >> Mark Andrews, ISC >> 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia >> PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org >> > -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org
