GitHub Publishes IPv6 Addresses for Git SSH remotes

 (api.github.com)

39 points | by tonymet 11 hours ago

9 comments

  • 3r7j6qzi9jvnve 7 hours ago
    There are ranges in the "git" block, but it doesn't mean they're doing anything with it (until it's in the DNS or they publish specific IPs are safe to connect to it doesn't mean anything)

    This page is actually in the wayback machine (thank you!!!) and the same ranges were already listed in 2022 (not in 2021, didn't look for exact first occurence)

    http://web.archive.org/web/20220710073458/https://api.github...

  • Macha 22 minutes ago
    And gone again (only IPv6 addresses there now are in the pages block). A short lived test? Or a bug/misconfiguration? GitHub has had no shortage of the latter unfortunately.
  • rishabhyadav_ 10 hours ago
    Long overdue transition. Native IPv6 support for Git SSH remotes solves significant NAT bottleneck issues for automated CI/CD pipelines at scale.
  • platesmead 5 hours ago
    Great. I have a few IPv6-only hosts, and having to workaround GitHub being ipv4-only was a pain, especially during turnup, since my host config is stored on GitHub.
  • bzmrgonz 7 hours ago
    I guess this helps the nomad crowd more than us cubicle jockeys right? Also iot? You guys can build ci/CD straight to iot edges.
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    • KyleSanderson 7 hours ago
      Bit of both, if you're building from a service provider you now don't need v4 to push (OVH, Hetzner, etc.)

      Less so than road warriors, who are typically CGNAT'd anyway.

  • tonymet 11 hours ago
    see the "git" block for remote IPv6 ranges. This indicates they may be moving forward on ipv6 .

    "2a0a:a440::/29", "2606:50c0::/32",

  • crest 7 hours ago
    It must be a snow day in hell.
  • avhception 10 hours ago
    Well FINALLY!
  • aboardRat4 8 hours ago
    What does this mean?
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    • hadlock 3 hours ago
      It means if your network is IPv6 native, you don't have to waste a very expensive IPv4 IP address, or proxy through one, to connect to it
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      • aboardRat4 2 hours ago
        Connect to what?

        dig AAAA guthub.com is still empty.

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        • aaptel 47 minutes ago
          I know it's a typo but guthub is a hilarious name.