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NAT of course is not the best solution ever, but vast majority of currently used network nodes do not need publicly routed IPs in a limited global space. If any
by smsm42 9y ago
NAT of course is not the best solution ever, but vast majority of currently used network nodes do not need publicly routed IPs in a limited global space. If anything, many of them are much better without one. Yes, I know, firewalls. But why not just avoid the issue by not having publicly accessible address for non-public systems in the first place?
- oasisbob 9y agoBecause NAT is an abominable hack with significant technical and administrative overhead. My home is not intended to be a public space. But, it has a unique address, just like any other bar or restaurant in the area. Being able to locate it with a unique identifier is valuable, even if I don't intend for my living room to be publicly accessible.
- smsm42 9y ago> Because NAT is an abominable hack with significant technical and administrative overhead. Agreed. But you can use private networks without NAT. In fact, 99% of traffic in the private network doesn't need NAT. Only outside traffic does, and only that which can't use proxies etc. - which is pretty small amount of overall traffic, I think.
- throwaway2048 9y agoattempting to proxy traffic like that is an even more massive mess, you have a solution in search of a problem here.