Security gain from NAT: Top 5

Thu Jun 7 11:23:02 UTC 2007

On 7-Jun-2007, at 02:48, Brandon Butterworth wrote:

>
>>>   #1 NAT advantage: it protects consumers from vendor
>>>   lock-in.
>>>
>> Speaking of FUD...  NAT does nothing here that is not also  
>> accomplished
>> through the use of PI addressing.
>
> True, diy PI (mmm, PI) is a major reason people use it for v4 and why
> they'll want something similar for v6. No internal renumbering,
> ever. I can see why they choose it, even with the disadvantages
>
> PI for everyone?

LISP! :-)