Re: 10 years from now... (was: internet futures)

[Michael Thomas <mike () mtcc com>]

On 3/26/21 3:31 PM, Mark Tinka wrote:
> On 3/26/21 23:30, borg () uu3 net wrote:
>
> > Oh, sorry to disappoint you, but they are not missing anything..
> > Internet become a consumer product where data is provided by
> > large corporations similary to TV now. Your avarage Joe consumer
> > does NOT care about NAT and that he cant run services or he does NOT
> > have full e2e communication.
>
> Yep - infrastructure is now implied, to the extent that customers even 
> forget who are they paying for connectivity.
>
>
> > Yes, you are right, NAT was a second class internet for a while but
> > now it seems that we cannot live without it anymore :)
> > I dont really see other way how I can connect LAN to internet now.
> > Using public IPs? Thats so terrible idea. How can I be el-cheappo
> > dual-homed then?
>
> As long as infrastructure continues to dilly-dally, software will fill 
> in the gaps, even if it may cause more breakage in the eyes of the 
> networking purists.
I think the question these days is NAT or not. It's double NAT or not.

Mike