[97300] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Security gain from NAT: Top 5
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brandon Butterworth)
Thu Jun 7 02:54:08 2007
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 07:48:25 +0100 (BST)
From: Brandon Butterworth <brandon@rd.bbc.co.uk>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
> > #1 NAT advantage: it protects consumers from vendor
> > lock-in.
> >
> Speaking of FUD... NAT does nothing here that is not also accomplished
> through the use of PI addressing.
True, diy PI (mmm, PI) is a major reason people use it for v4 and why
they'll want something similar for v6. No internal renumbering,
ever. I can see why they choose it, even with the disadvantages
PI for everyone?
brandon
