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Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Avleen Vig)
Wed Oct 29 06:15:02 2003

Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 03:14:20 -0800
From: Avleen Vig <lists-nanog@silverwraith.com>
To: Simon Lockhart <simon.lockhart@bbc.co.uk>
Cc: Dave Howe <DaveHowe@gmx.co.uk>,
	"Email List: nanog" <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <20031029110311.GE1541@rd.bbc.co.uk>
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On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 11:03:11AM +0000, Simon Lockhart wrote:
> No.
> Anything that relies on knowing which host it is talking to by looking at
> the source address of packets breaks.
> Plenty of UDP based apps work over NAT.

Indeed, and IPSec tunnels are frequently done between routers on
networks, rather than individual hosts on networks (at least in most
multi-site enterprises i've seen).

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