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Why choose this problem to solve in 2018? NAT is a hacky solution to an old problem which is fixed by IPv6.
by travbrack 8y ago
Why choose this problem to solve in 2018? NAT is a hacky solution to an old problem which is fixed by IPv6.
- h0p3 8y agoSomeone benefits from the fact that IPv6 is not being rolled out. The ability to participate as a full-blown citizen on the internet is something which several groups of people wish to minimize, prevent, regulate, or profit from. This problem is chosen because it matters to some people. I agree, it's not a good thing.
- beagle3 8y agoIt was not a design feature, but IPv4 NAT provides some anonymity that IPv6 will take away in the future (if it hasn't already). ISPs in my area assign a prefix per customer; If you know the ISP, you know the length of the prefix, and can thus pinpoint the exact ISP customer with every connection. On ISPv4+CGNAT, the common deployment, they can't do that.
- travbrack 8y agoThe IPv4 equivalent of that is giving each customer their own IP which happens all the time now. Individual devices within a customer network can be uniquely identified with IPv6 though which is new.
- beagle3 8y agoThe IPv4 equiv cannot and does not happen because of address pool size. Most ISPs charge extra for a fixed IPv4; and many default to CGNAT which makes it impossible to correlate even within a 10 minute period.