RE: IPv6 allocatin (was Re: ARIN Policy on IP-based Web Hosting)

[Christian Kuhtz]

> >> When IPv6 offers something end users or ISPs value over IPv4+NAT.
> > Hah, interesting thought! :-)  Perhaps we should push for people to
> > use the IPv4+NAT kludge,
>
> A very large number of folks are using IPv4+NAT now, mostly without
> complaint (or even awareness).  I use it myself quite frequently.  In a
> limited (albeit typical) mode of communication, NAT works just fine.
> IPv6, on the other hand, does NOT work for the vast majority of people
> on the Internet.

The point was a NAT'ed (masqueraded) network attempting to communicate with
another NAT'ed (masqueraded) network.  That does NOT work for the vast majority
of people on the Internet.  And it's a conceptual flaw, rather than a lack of
technology penetration (IPv6).

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Christian Kuhtz, Sr. Network Architect              Architecture, BellSouth.net
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