IPv6Gate

The SixXS IPv6Gate/IPv4Gate, sometimes just called IPv6Gate or IPv4Gate depending on the flavor in use, is a free IPv6 to IPv4 (IPv6Gate) and IPv4 to IPv6 (IPv4Gate) web proxy. It provides access to IPv6 websites from an IPv4 address and vice versa to IPv4 websites from an IPv6 address. It thus acts as a gateway to either IPv4 or IPv6, hence the IPv6Gate.
How to use it
The IPv6Gate works by either appending .sixxs.org or ipv6.sixxs.org or ipv4.sixxs.org depending on if one wants to access IPv4 websites from an IPv6 address or IPv6 websites from an IPv4 address.
IPv6Gate
To access an IPv4 website from an IPv6 address (thus that your computer has an IPv6 address), one simply has to add <code>.sixxs.org</code> to the hostname in the site's URL. So, for example, <code> http://en. .org/wiki/Main_Page </code> becomes <code> http://en. .org .sixxs.org/wiki/Main_Page</code>. The latter is known as a IPv6Gated link. One can also append <code>.ipv6.sixxs.org</code> similar to the usage of the IPv4Gate thus <code> http://en. .org .ipv6.sixxs.org/wiki/Main_Page</code>.
IPv4Gate
To access an IPv6 website from an IPv4 address (thus that your computer has an IPv4 address), one simply has to add <code>.sixxs.org</code> to the hostname in the site's URL. So, for example, <code> http://www.kame.net </code> becomes <code> http://www.kame.net .ipv4.sixxs.org</code>. The latter is known as a IPv4Gated link. The KAME website is often used as an example of an IPv6 website due to the Dancing KAME ("Kame" is Japanese for turtle).
How it works
The complete .sixxs.org Domain name points to a set of servers that translate requests that end in .sixxs.org to either their IPv4 or IPv6 equivalents. The translation includes rewriting all of the links inside the page so that when following a link the link stays inside the .sixxs.org domain, thus keeping you on the proxy and thus allowing one to browse sites.
History
The project was launched publicly on 28 January 2003. Since then tweaks have been applied to let it better function with various websites like Slashdot, and others.
The IPv6Gate was featured twice on Slashdot. in February 2003 and January 2009 but didn't get slashdotted

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