Re: NATs *ARE* evil!

[Keith Moore]

> What's the problem with locally significant addresses?  Having thousands of
> 10 networks will never present a problem unless those networks at some point
> would like to talk to each other.  

right.  if net 10 networks stay completely isolated from one another,
then there's no problem.  the problem only exists when people want to
tie those networks together. but it's inevitable that the vast majority 
of private networks *will* want to communicate with the public Internet
in ways that NAT does not facilitate.

> Is that where this whole discussion is
> going (or coming from) - that ultimately the more NAT'ing we do, the more
> headaches we're creating for ourselves en route to true global connectivity?

in a nutshell, yes.

Keith