the alleged evils of NAT, was Rate of growth on IPv6 not fast enough?
David Conrad
drc at virtualized.org
Wed Apr 28 22:31:32 UTC 2010
Mark,
On Apr 28, 2010, at 3:07 PM, Mark Andrews wrote:
>> Perhaps the ability to change service providers without having to renumber?
>
> We have that ability already. Doesn't require NAT.
Cool! You've figured out, e.g., how to renumber authoritative name servers that you don't have direct control over! And modify filter lists on a firewalls across an enterprise network! And remotely update provisioning systems and license managers without interrupting services! Etc., etc.
http://www.rfc-editor.org/internet-drafts/draft-carpenter-renum-needs-work-05.txt
A tiny home office network managed by a highly technical individual with full control over all aspects of the network is not a good model on which to base the definition of "we".
Regards,
-drc
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