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I can't wait till everybody has an IPv6 modem/router. No more of this NAT hole punching or long polling crap for pushing notifications.

• calloc 16y ago
  Each person is supposed to get assigned a /64 from their ISP, which will be then assigned to any downstream devices.
  • rcbuse 16y ago
    Then you get your bill from your isp, $5 extra per device.
    • mauriciob 16y ago
      I can seriously see this happening.
      • Lennie 16y ago
        I don't. In the past you paid for the extra's because the ISP had to do extra work for it. But if the ISP sets everything up so all users have enough from the start. Like a /48. You won't have to bother them.
  • dfox 16y ago
    Actually, most deployment recommendations expect, that ISP will allocate something larger than /64 to each customer, with /48 being the ideal scenario and something like /56 being reasonable.
• MichaelGG 16y ago
  As far as hole punching/long polling, how is NAT different than a firewall with deny inbound and only allow outbound connections?
  • Florin_Andrei 16y ago
    Technically, with NAT you don't even have a route to the internal stuff. While with the pure firewall approach there is a route. In practice, yeah, not much of a difference.