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At one point I had an entire /24 routed over a 28.8K connection. I eventually upgraded to an ISDN line. Fun times. It sounds like what you really want is a fir
by icedchai 6y ago
At one point I had an entire /24 routed over a 28.8K connection. I eventually upgraded to an ISDN line. Fun times.
It sounds like what you really want is a firewall, not NAT. Having a globally unique prefix (either IPv6 or v4) does not mean your network is completely accessible externally. There are no dependencies. It actually makes things simpler if you ever want to connect two internal networks.
- magicalhippo 6y agoOf course I want a firewall. We all do. That much was obvious even when I was on dial-up, installing Shorewall or whatever it was back in 2000. My point is that if you have a firewall you're in the exact same position as if you have a firewall+NAT in that you need to be able to punch holes in it. IPv6 on its own does nothing to help with this.
- stkdump 6y agoNAT make hoke punching more complicated (or depending on exact type of NAT impossible)