Access to the IPv4 net for IPv6-only systems

Thu Oct 4 08:42:50 UTC 2007

On 3-okt-2007, at 14:14, John Curran wrote:

>> I'd rather have IPv4 with massive NAT and IPv6 without NAT than  
>> both IPv4 and IPv6 with moderate levels of NAT.

> That's great, guys, if "IPv4 with massive levels of NAT" actually
> resembles today's Internet and is actually a viable choice.

It doesn't have to be viable. If it isn't, that's good reason for  
people to move to IPv6.

> Once free pool depletion occurs and address reuse enters the equation,
> we've got high demand for block fragmentation and a tragedy
> of the commons situation where everyone's motivations are to
> inject their longer prefixes and yell at others not to do the same.

Good reason to start working on that IPv6 transition plan while there  
is still time.