Font Awesome CDN – Open Source, Low Latency, HTTP/2

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23 points·brianjackson··7 comments

Why is this needed? It's already available on bootstrapcdn which is listed on the font awesome website: https://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/get-started/

One would be that MaxCDN doesn't have HTTP/2 support yet.

The only thing that keeps me from using it is the missing IPv6 support.

Alright, I've got to ask. Why is IPv6 support important?

I tried a cursory Google search, but couldn't find much. I'd love to learn why I should be paying more attention to IPv6.

http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Internet/ipv6_ipv4_diffe... In production: Nginx uses IPv4 by default therefore you have to a few lines to nginx.conf to get to IPv6 after you have configured your AAAA Name record.

that link is dead (403 - forbidden) but seems to address the differences between ipv4 and ipv6.

he was asking why you'd need ipv6 support for a CDN, which is mostly hosted by other people. you only reference it in your html code, once. so his question would probably still be unanswered, even if your link worked.

The reasons for IPv6 should be obvious by now, most importantly you are future proofing your service/product. Saying I don't need to deploy IPv6 is the same mentality that kept the world using Internet Explorer 6 for over half a decade, yes it works as is but it could be better.

Plus do you want to live in a world where something as basic as an IP address costs you an annual fee?

You'll also provide a faster service ahead of your competition:

http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/blog/2015/04/facebo...

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2983996/internet/ipv6-w...

To be honest, IPv6 isn't exactly hard for a lot of project. As buyers we just have to add it as a purchasing requirement. The real burden is on the ISPs and cloud providers.

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