What is IPvFoo?
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I made this extension to raise everyday awareness of the global IPv4 to IPv6 transition. To respect your privacy, it keeps data in RAM and treats the network as read-only. I can maintain this without ads because there are no server costs.
IPvFoo's action icon shows a large red 4 or green 6 to indicate whether the outer page was fetched using IPv4 or IPv6. If the page connects to other domains, a smaller 4 or 6 appears alongside.
When you click the icon, a table appears with a row for each domain:
A padlock icon for http://, https://, or a mix of both.
The IPv4 or IPv6 address. If connections span more than one address, the most recent one wins. The address is highlighted in yellow while connections are open.
"⭮" for cached requests. The IP address may be stale if no connection was made.
"S" for WebSocket handshakes. The connection may still be active even if the address is not highlighted.
"W" if data was fetched through a Service Worker. These requests are linked to an origin (e.g. https://example.com/) instead of a tabId, so the same request may appear in multiple tabs.
User reviews
- Works well for identifying IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
- Convenient for debugging tasks
- Unique tool for niche users
- Long-time users report it works perfectly
- Not working for some users (e.g., issues with visibility of icons)
- Different results on different operating systems
- Stopped working on Chrome Dev for MacOS Catalina
- It works!
- Not working.
- Great convenience for debugging.
- Unexpected behavior across different operating systems.
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IPvFoo requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
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IPvFoo has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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