IPv6 end user addressing

Owen DeLong owen at delong.com
Thu Aug 11 17:34:40 UTC 2011


On Aug 11, 2011, at 5:41 AM, Jamie Bowden wrote:

> Owen wrote:
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Owen DeLong [mailto:owen at delong.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 9:58 PM
>> To: William Herrin
>> Cc: nanog at nanog.org
>> Subject: Re: IPv6 end user addressing
>> 
>> 
>> On Aug 10, 2011, at 6:46 PM, William Herrin wrote:
>> 
>>> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 9:32 PM, Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com>
> wrote:
>>>>> Someday, I expect the pantry to have a barcode reader on it
>> connected back
>>>>> a computer setup for the kitchen someday.  Most of us already use
>> barcode
>>>>> readers when we shop so its not a big step to home use.
>>>> 
>>>> Nah... That's short-term thinking. The future holds advanced
>> pantries with
>>>> RFID sensors that know what is in the pantry and when they were
>> manufactured,
>>>> what their expiration date is, etc.
>>> 
>>> And since your can of creamed corn is globally addressable, the rest
>>> of the world knows what's in your pantry too. ;)
>>> 
>> 
>> This definitely helps explain your misconceptions about NAT as a
>> security tool.
>> 
>> 
>> Globally addressable != globally reachable.
>> 
>> Things can have global addresses without having global reachability.
>> There are
>> these tools called access control lists and routing policies. Perhaps
>> you've heard
>> of them. They can be quite useful.
> 
> And your average home user, whose WiFi network is an open network named
> "linksys" is going to do that how?
> 

Because the routers that come on pantries and refrigerators will probably be
made by people smarter than the folks at Linksys?

Owen





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