Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls

William Herrin bill at herrin.us
Fri Apr 18 17:35:30 UTC 2014


On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Simon Perreault <simon at per.reau.lt> wrote:
> Le 2014-04-18 13:25, Mike Hale a écrit :
>> I agree with Bill.  You can poopoo NAT all you want, but it's a fact
>> of most networks and will continue to remain so until you can make a
>> compelling case to move away from it.
>
> Does that mean all IPv6 firewalls should support NAT?
>
> Remember, we're aiming for a base set of requirements applying to all
> IPv6 firewalls.

Your document specifies "Enterprise" firewalls. Frankly I think that's
wise. Consumer and enterprise users have very different needs and very
different cost points.

Regards,
Bill Herrin


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