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  • Why bother? Just bind to the unspecified address, like everyone else does. Commented Sep 6, 2016 at 2:40
  • Binding to :: is a way to receive connections on all IPs in the list above, plus addresses of all other interfaces on the host. It will not open the router's firewall automatically. Which address would you use to populate DNS then?
    – init_js
    Commented Sep 6, 2016 at 4:36
  • Also of note: Telus does block ports 80/443 even on IPv6 (not sure how they handle business plans though)
    – jtl999
    Commented Dec 29, 2016 at 8:11