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Date:      Sat, 30 May 1998 10:03:02 +0300 (EEST)
From:      Petri Helenius <pete@sms.fi>
To:        "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>
Cc:        Jun-ichiro itojun Itoh <itojun@itojun.org>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ipv6 network addresses 
Message-ID:  <13679.44784.627668.295652@silver.sms.fi>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980529164610.17992P-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
References:  <11691.896448831@coconut.itojun.org> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980529164610.17992P-100000@sasami.jurai.net>

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Matthew N. Dodd writes:
 > On Fri, 29 May 1998, Jun-ichiro itojun Itoh wrote:
 > > 	I believe people would like to get rid of NAT when v6 is deployed, 
 > > 	so there will be no private address, I believe...
 > 
 > For the most part your belief would be correct however in a small number
 > of cases I find NAT to be highly useful.
 > 
 > I have a number of machines running at home which are not secured and
 > should not be reachable via global addresses.  In addition, I keep my
 > Win95/NT/Netware boxes behind the NAT on general principle.

Repeat after me: NAT is not reason for not having
security. Additionally it breaks your IP telephone and other
bi-directional peer-to-peer applications.

Pete

 > 
 > /* 
 >    Matthew N. Dodd		| A memory retaining a love you had for life	
 >    winter@jurai.net		| As cruel as it seems nothing ever seems to
 >    http://www.jurai.net/~winter | go right - FLA M 3.1:53	
 > */
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