[47375] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Large ISPs doing NAT?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Simon Higgs)
Thu May 2 19:46:51 2002
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Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 16:44:28 -0700
To: Scott Francis <darkuncle@darkuncle.net>
From: Simon Higgs <simon@higgs.com>
Cc: Peter Bierman <pmb+nanog@sfgoth.com>, nanog@merit.edu
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At 01:20 AM 5/2/2002 -0700, Scott Francis wrote:
>The average customer buying a "web-enabled" phone doesn't need a
>publicly-routeable IP. I challenge anybody to demonstrate why a cell phone
>needs a public IP. It's a PHONE, not a server.
I'm not buying a phone I can't run ssh from. End of story. My current phone
does all that and more. Why step back into the dark ages of analog-type
services?
Best Regards,
Simon
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