> -----Original Message----- > From: Owen DeLong [mailto:o...@delong.com] > Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 12:59 PM > To: Dan Wing > Cc: 'Chris Grundemann'; 'Benson Schliesser'; 'NANOG list'; 'ARIN-PPML > List' > Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] NAT444 rumors (was Re: Looking for an IPv6 > naysayer...) > > > On Feb 21, 2011, at 12:37 PM, Dan Wing wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: arin-ppml-boun...@arin.net [mailto:arin-ppml-boun...@arin.net] > On > >> Behalf Of Chris Grundemann > >> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 5:55 PM > >> To: Benson Schliesser > >> Cc: NANOG list; ARIN-PPML List > >> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] NAT444 rumors (was Re: Looking for an IPv6 > >> naysayer...) > >> > >> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 14:17, Benson Schliesser > >> <bens...@queuefull.net> wrote: > >> > >>> If you have more experience (not including rumors) that suggests > >> otherwise, I'd very much like to hear about it. I'm open to the > >> possibility that NAT444 breaks stuff - that feels right in my gut - > but > >> I haven't found any valid evidence of this. > >> > >> In case you have not already found this: > >> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-donley-nat444-impacts-01 > > > > That document conflates problems of NAT444 with problems of NAT44 > > with problems of bandwidth starvation with problems of CGN. > > > > For details, see my comments at > > http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/behave/current/msg09027.html > > and see Reinaldo Penno's comments at > > http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/behave/current/msg09030.html > > > > -d > > The document describes problems that will exist in NAT444 environments. > It does not state that these problems would be specific to NAT444, but, > NAT444 will cause or exacerbate each of the problems described.
To the contrary. Its title, filename, abstract, and introduction all say the problems are specific to NAT444. Which is untrue. > Yes, the problems may have other underlying root causes, but, they > will all be present in a NAT444 environment, even if they were not > present in the same environment prior to deployment of NAT444. > > > Let me put it this way... > > IPv4 has a TITANIC lack of numeric addresses and has been > stretched beyond its limits for some time now. > > IPv6 is a life boat. > > NAT is a seat cushion used for floatation. > > NAT444 (and other NAT-based extensions) are deck chairs. > > Attempting to improve them beyond their current states is > an effort to rearrange the deck chairs. -d