On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:52:52 PST, Dave Temkin said: > Why must it be always "real" versus NAT? 99% of users don't care one > way or another. Would it be so hard for the carrier to provide a switch > between NAT and "real" IP if the user needs or wants it?
You're almost always better off not providing a user-accessible switch. Especially not a shiny one labeled "Do not touch unless you know what you are doing". (FWIW, this is exactly the same issue as "block port 25 unless user requests opt-out from the block")
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