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Re: the alleged evils of NAT, was Rate of growth on IPv6 not fast enough?
From: Matthew Kaufman <matthew () matthew at>
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:49:26 -0700
Owen DeLong wrote:
I would argue that every one of those innovations, if even passably useful, can also be implemented in a NAT-full world.On Apr 27, 2010, at 10:48 AM, Matthew Kaufman wrote:Andy Davidson wrote:On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 11:29:59AM -0400, John R. Levine wrote:Did you use Yahoo IM, AIM, or Skype?Yes, yes, and yes. Works fine.What about every other service/protocol that users use today, and might be invented tomorrow ? Do & will they all work with NAT ?Anyone inventing a new service/protocol that doesn't work with NAT isn't planning on success.Respectfully, I disagree. There are many possible innovations that are available in a NAT-less world and it is desirable to get to that point rather than hamper future innovation with this obsolete baggage.
== Some designed to work properly in the face of NAT, some ignored reality at their peril.Do many others work as well or act reliably through NAT ?Yes.In reality, it's more like some yes, some not so much.
Ok, you called it... so where's the list of such services that haven't materialized as a result of NAT?Will it stop or hamper the innovation of new services on the internet ?Hasn't so far.Here I have to call BS... I know of a number of cases where it has.
Matthew Kaufman
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- Re: the alleged evils of NAT, was Rate of growth on IPv6 not fast enough?, (continued)
- Re: the alleged evils of NAT, was Rate of growth on IPv6 not fast enough? Valdis . Kletnieks (Apr 27)
- Re: the alleged evils of NAT, was Rate of growth on IPv6 not fast enough? Jon Lewis (Apr 27)
- Re: the alleged evils of NAT, was Rate of growth on IPv6 not fast enough? Owen DeLong (Apr 27)
- Re: the alleged evils of NAT, was Rate of growth on IPv6 not fast enough? Bill Stewart (Apr 29)
- Re: the alleged evils of NAT, was Rate of growth on IPv6 not fast enough? Mark Smith (Apr 30)
- Re: the alleged evils of NAT, was Rate of growth on IPv6 not fast enough? James Hess (Apr 27)
- Re: the alleged evils of NAT, was Rate of growth on IPv6 not fast enough? Matthew Kaufman (Apr 27)
- Re: the alleged evils of NAT, was Rate of growth on IPv6 not fast enough? Adrian Chadd (Apr 27)
- Re: the alleged evils of NAT, was Rate of growth on IPv6 not fast enough? Mark Andrews (Apr 27)
- Re: the alleged evils of NAT, was Rate of growth on IPv6 not fast enough? Owen DeLong (Apr 27)
- Re: the alleged evils of NAT, was Rate of growth on IPv6 not fast enough? Matthew Kaufman (Apr 27)
- Re: the alleged evils of NAT, was Rate of growth on IPv6 not fast enough? Owen DeLong (Apr 27)
- Re: the alleged evils of NAT, was Rate of growth on IPv6 not fast enough? Matthew Kaufman (Apr 27)
- Re: the alleged evils of NAT, was Rate of growth on IPv6 not fast enough? John R. Levine (Apr 27)
- Re: the alleged evils of NAT, was Rate of growth on IPv6 not fast enough? Dave Israel (Apr 27)
- Re: the alleged evils of NAT, was Rate of growth on IPv6 not fast enough? Mark Smith (Apr 28)
- Re: the alleged evils of NAT, was Rate of growth on IPv6 not fast enough? Matthew Kaufman (Apr 28)
- Re: the alleged evils of NAT, was Rate of growth on IPv6 not fast enough? Mark Smith (Apr 28)
- Re: the alleged evils of NAT, was Rate of growth on IPv6 not fast enough? Carl Rosevear (Apr 28)
- Re: the alleged evils of NAT, was Rate of growth on IPv6 not fast enough? David Conrad (Apr 28)
- Re: the alleged evils of NAT, was Rate of growth on IPv6 not fast enough? Felipe Zanchet Grazziotin (Apr 28)