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>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
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 > */ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?13679.44784.627668.295652>