[126041] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: the alleged evils of NAT,
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Conrad)
Wed Apr 28 18:32:40 2010
From: David Conrad <drc@virtualized.org>
In-Reply-To: <201004282207.o3SM7FGj058287@drugs.dv.isc.org>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:31:32 -0700
To: Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Mark,
On Apr 28, 2010, at 3:07 PM, Mark Andrews wrote:
>> Perhaps the ability to change service providers without having to =
renumber?
>=20
> We have that ability already. Doesn't require NAT.
Cool! You've figured out, e.g., how to renumber authoritative name =
servers that you don't have direct control over! And modify filter =
lists on a firewalls across an enterprise network! And remotely update =
provisioning systems and license managers without interrupting services! =
Etc., etc.
=
http://www.rfc-editor.org/internet-drafts/draft-carpenter-renum-needs-work=
-05.txt
A tiny home office network managed by a highly technical individual with =
full control over all aspects of the network is not a good model on =
which to base the definition of "we".
Regards,
-drc
