[75250] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Important IPv6 Policy Issue -- Your Input Requested
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jerry Eyers)
Tue Nov 9 15:17:50 2004
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 03:14:51 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
From: "Jerry Eyers" <jeyers@sloancc.net>
To: <bsdusr@gmail.com>
Cc: "nanog@merit.edu" <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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"Get a firewall" is not a valid response when you have lusers=0D
to drop the latest netgear whatever onto their PC and dial=0D
to some provider somewhere. Your firewall is useless to =0D
protect that segment. In many cases NAT is the ONLY=0D
protection you end up with in this scenario, a scenario that=0D
is far to common in the corporate world.=0D
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Jerry =0D
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-------Original Message-------=0D
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From: Theo de Whaat=0D
Date: 11/09/04 15:28:44=0D
To: jeyers@sloancc.net=0D
Subject: Re: Important IPv6 Policy Issue -- Your Input Requested=0D
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Get a firewall. You shouldn't rely on NAT to provide this=0D
functionality. How long has IPv6 been on the horizon, promising to=0D
make NAT unnecessary?=0D
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>I want my inside addresses to be=0D
>non accessible from the 'real world', ever.
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<DIV>"Get a firewall" is not a valid response when you have lusers</=
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<DIV>to drop the latest netgear whatever onto their PC and dial</DIV=
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<DIV>to some provider somewhere. Your firewall is useless to </DIV>
<DIV>protect that segment. In many cases NAT is the ONLY</DIV>
<DIV>protection you end up with in this scenario, a scenario that</DIV>
<DIV>is far to common in the corporate world.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jerry </DIV>
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<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>From:</B></I> <A href=3D"m=
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<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Date:</B></I> 11/09/04 15:=
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<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>To:</B></I> <A href=3D"mai=
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<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Subject:</B></I> Re: Impor=
tant IPv6 Policy Issue -- Your Input Requested</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Get a firewall. You shouldn't rely on NAT to provide this=
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<DIV>functionality. How long has IPv6 been on the horizon, pro=
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<DIV>make NAT unnecessary?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>>I want my inside addresses to be</DIV>
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