Important IPv6 Policy Issue -- Your Input Requested

Randy Bush randy at psg.com
Thu Nov 11 17:27:14 UTC 2004


> I see this a lot recently: You are mixing up RfC1918 and NAT.
> 
> If I have globally unique addresses I can NAT them as well
> as 10/8. One has nothing to do with the other. 
> 
> Having to NAT RfC1918 addresses to reach the internet, does not imply
> that I have to have RfC1918 to be able to do NAT.

but having 1918, site-loco, whatever, and wanting to reach the
internet REQUIRES nat.  we'll love it in ipv6; can't let things
be too simple, eh?

randy




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