[97301] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Security gain from NAT: Top 5
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Abley)
Thu Jun 7 07:23:59 2007
In-Reply-To: <200706070648.HAA06091@sunf10.rd.bbc.co.uk>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
From: Joe Abley <jabley@ca.afilias.info>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 07:23:02 -0400
To: Brandon Butterworth <brandon@rd.bbc.co.uk>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On 7-Jun-2007, at 02:48, Brandon Butterworth wrote:
>
>>> #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?
LISP! :-)
