Large ISPs doing NAT?

Thu May 2 09:15:00 UTC 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jake Khuon [mailto:khuon at NEEBU.Net] 
> Sent: 2. mája 2002 10:51
> To: nanog at merit.edu
> Subject: Re: Large ISPs doing NAT? 
> 
> 
> DT> and what if one of the devices behind that phone would also be a 
> DT> personal "ip gateway router" (or how you call that)... you could 
> DT> recursively iterate as deep as your mail size allows you to...
> 
> It's possible.  Could it get ugly?  Yes.  Do we just want to 
> shut our eyes and say "let's not go there."... well... maybe. 
>  I just don't think the solution is to say, "this can never 
> happen... we must limit all handheld devices to sitting 
> behind a NAT gateway."
> 

no eye-shutting. it's just about considering HOW MANY (or WHAT PART) of your users will need the 'full' service. if you have 95% of bfu's with web+mail phones or pda's then nat is completely ok for them. and those 5% (if so many ever) phreaks - give them an opportunity to have public ip with no nat for a few bucks more

you will end up with exactly two exactly specified services... not that bad, is it?

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