4 ms·
I remember what it was like when lots more home computers were routable from the public Internet, because having a NAT router between them and there wasn't a ne
by yamtaddle 4y ago
I remember what it was like when lots more home computers were routable from the public Internet, because having a NAT router between them and there wasn't a nearly-100%-adoption thing yet. In fact, I worked at an ISP (dial-up and DSL) in that era.
It was indeed a shit-show. Adding a NATting router to those set-ups instantly increased their security tremendously. Sure you could use a proper firewall, but the router w/NAT Just Works.
- phpisthebest 4y agoI cant wait until all the printers, and webcams all showup on the public internet again....
- yamtaddle 4y agoPortscanning for smb shares and webcams, LOL. Good times. Found entire offices routing their whole network publicly, back then, shared network drives and printers right there for use by anyone who stumbled on them. It was nuts. Worms spread like crazy. It was a real mess, and that's with the Internet being way the fuck friendlier than it is now.
- garbagecoder 4y agoWhat's ironic is that the IPv6 people will tell you you can do all of that with IPv6. Which is true, but if we NEED TO CHANGE because we're out of addresses then why go to something that doesn't use the address space? The problem IPv6 seeks to address has mostly been engineered around for now.
- JohnFen 4y ago> The problem IPv6 seeks to address has mostly been engineered around for now. For now is the operative phrase. These are band-aids to keep IPv4 running, but they won't be effective forever.