Re: IPv6 end user addressing

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

On Aug 11, 2011, at 5:41 AM, Jamie Bowden wrote:

> Owen wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Owen DeLong [mailto:owen () delong com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 9:58 PM
> > To: William Herrin
> > Cc: nanog () nanog org
> > Subject: Re: IPv6 end user addressing
> >
> >
> > On Aug 10, 2011, at 6:46 PM, William Herrin wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 9:32 PM, Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>
> wrote:
> > > > > Someday, I expect the pantry to have a barcode reader on it
> > connected back
> > > > > a computer setup for the kitchen someday.  Most of us already use
> > barcode
> > > > > readers when we shop so its not a big step to home use.
> > > >
> > > > Nah... That's short-term thinking. The future holds advanced
> > pantries with
> > > > RFID sensors that know what is in the pantry and when they were
> > manufactured,
> > > > what their expiration date is, etc.
> > >
> > > And since your can of creamed corn is globally addressable, the rest
> > > of the world knows what's in your pantry too. ;)
> >
> > This definitely helps explain your misconceptions about NAT as a
> > security tool.
> >
> >
> > Globally addressable != globally reachable.
> >
> > Things can have global addresses without having global reachability.
> > There are
> > these tools called access control lists and routing policies. Perhaps
> > you've heard
> > of them. They can be quite useful.
>
> And your average home user, whose WiFi network is an open network named
> "linksys" is going to do that how?

Because the routers that come on pantries and refrigerators will probably be
made by people smarter than the folks at Linksys?

Owen