shared address space... a reality!

Fri Mar 16 23:19:07 UTC 2012

On Mar 16, 2012, at 3:59 PM, George Bonser wrote:

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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Owen DeLong [mailto:owen at delong.com]
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>> In my perception, this is primarily a moving part that will be used by
>> providers deploying IPv6 as a mechanism to compensate for things on the
>> internet their customers want to reach that have not yet deployed IPv6.
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> I think it will be used mostly as the middle 4 in NAT444 and in links between networks where there are RFC1918 network assignment collisions.  My gut tells me we will see that net block being used for NAT on a lot of VPNs between RFC1918 networks.
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I would agree with both of those statements.

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>> I don't think any sane provider will use this as yet another way to
>> avoid deploying IPv4. 
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> I hope you're right.
> 

Certainly of the providers I have spoken with about the subject, that seems
to be the prevailing attitude.

So there is some hope.

Owen