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Re: Is NAT can provide some kind of protection?


From: Brandon Ross <bross () pobox com>
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:06:06 -0500 (EST)

On Sat, 15 Jan 2011, Brian Keefer wrote:

Actually there are a couple very compelling reasons why PAT will probably be implemented for IPv6:

You are neglecting the most important reason, much to my own disdain. Service providers will continue to assign only a single IP address to residential users unless they pay an additional fee for additional addresses. Since many residential users won't stand for an additional fee, pressure will be placed on CPE vendors to include v6 PAT in their devices.

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