IPv6 uptake (was: The Reg does 240/4)

Fri Feb 16 22:19:46 UTC 2024

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Justin Streiner" <streinerj at gmail.com>

> 4. Getting people to unlearn the "NAT=Security" mindset that we were forced
> to accept in the v4 world.

NAT doesn't "equal" security. 

But it is certainly a *component* of security, placing control of what internal
nodes are accessible from the outside in the hands of the people inside.

Cheers,
-- jra
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