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Re: IPV6 renumbering painless?

  • From: alex
  • Date: Fri Nov 12 13:06:08 2004

> > > Regardless of the merit of NAT, there is little merit in IPv6+NAT as it 
> > > has all the downsides of both. If you can live with NAT, stay in IPv4 
> > > and talk to the IPv6 world over IPv4<->IPv6 NAT.
> > 
> > Or upgrade to NAP (Network Architecture Protection) *grin*
>
> "No, in IPv6 it is done differently, it is then called NAP, which is
> waaay cooler and saves you a lot of money and troubles".

Newsflash. 

NAT is not going to die. It is supply and demand. There is a demand for NAT
and it will stay here until every single publication that enterprise CFO
reads keeps saying for 5 years that NAT is useless. So, is there any chance
that the super-smart network community pulls its collective head out of the
sand?

Alex




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