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Re: IPv6 NAT
From: Eliot Lear <lear () cisco com>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 09:01:40 -0800
Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
NAT is harmful to many protocols. Stateful inspection is not.Possibly. But Joe User will never use those "many protocols". Plus the overwhelming majority of protocols are not harmed by NAT.
Of course NAT causes all sorts of damage to all sorts of protocols, as the debate over VPN software demonstrated, nevermind voice applications and peer to peer networking. It also has substantial implications for mobility. This has all been well documented, as have workarounds. Having yet another argument about this on nanog is a waste of bits (to which I freely admit I'm contributing). Let me suggest we not bother with the rest of the argument, but just have people search the archives.
Eliot
Current thread:
- Re: IPv6 NAT, (continued)
- Re: IPv6 NAT Owen DeLong (Oct 30)
- Re: IPv6 NAT Stephen Sprunk (Oct 30)
- Re: IPv6 NAT Scott McGrath (Oct 31)
- RE: IPv6 NAT Tony Hain (Oct 31)
- Re: IPv6 NAT Scott McGrath (Oct 31)
- RE: IPv6 NAT Kuhtz, Christian (Oct 30)
- RE: IPv6 NAT Tony Hain (Oct 30)
- Re: IPv6 NAT Stephen Sprunk (Oct 31)
- Re: IPv6 NAT Owen DeLong (Oct 31)
- Re: IPv6 NAT Patrick W. Gilmore (Oct 31)
- Re: IPv6 NAT Joe Abley (Oct 31)
- Re: IPv6 NAT Eliot Lear (Oct 31)
- Re: IPv6 NAT Owen DeLong (Oct 31)
- Re: IPv6 NAT Paul Timmins (Oct 31)
- RE: IPv6 NAT Tony Hain (Oct 30)