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Re: Access to the IPv4 net for IPv6-only systems, was: Re: WG Action: Conclusion of IP Version 6 (ipv6)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Newton)
Tue Oct 2 11:42:12 2007

Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 00:25:51 +0930
From: Mark Newton <newton@internode.com.au>
To: Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch@muada.com>
Cc: John Curran <jcurran@mail.com>, Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org>,
        North American Noise and Off-topic Gripes <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <56CA0A20-1F1B-485A-8BED-93D27BEB66FE@muada.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu


On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 01:50:57PM +0200, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:

 > ALGs are not the solution. They turn the internet into a telco-like  
 > network where you only get to deploy new applications when the powers  
 > that be permit you to.

No, they turn the Intenret into a network where you only get to 
deploy new IPv4 applications when the powers that be permit you to.

So everyone will deploy IPv6 applications, which require no ALGs,
instead.

Isn't that a solution that everyone can be happy with?

  - mark

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