On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 01:10:11PM +0100, Almir Karic wrote: > you are missing some things, the most important of which are that ipv6 > is supposed to last for DECADES and all computers behind nat should > get their public ips (that is what someone suggested earlier). >
Everything should have a public IP is a dumb argument. Having all appliances with crappy security and even crapier OS on them have public IPs makes me shiver. People are not even capable to keep their computer at home free from worms and backdoors, how should they manage thier TiVos, AppleTVs, PS3s and all the other internet enabled crap that is comming to their house in the next years? NAT was a cheap and effective way to keep stuff out of reach of script kiddies. > > those are two by far the most important things you ommited from your > calculation, others are some ips won't be availible to ''average'' > human beings (private ip ranges, broadcast adresses, router > adresses...), also enterprise will grab crapload of ips for business > needs. > -- :wq Claudio
