[143519] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IPv6 end user addressing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Thu Aug 11 13:36:18 2011
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <275FEA2949B48341A3B46F424B613D857CDA@WDC-MX.photon.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:34:40 -0700
To: Jamie Bowden <jamie@photon.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Aug 11, 2011, at 5:41 AM, Jamie Bowden wrote:
> Owen wrote:
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Owen DeLong [mailto:owen@delong.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 9:58 PM
>> To: William Herrin
>> Cc: nanog@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@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
