Owen wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Owen DeLong [mailto:o...@delong.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 9:58 PM > To: William Herrin > Cc: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: IPv6 end user addressing > > > On Aug 10, 2011, at 6:46 PM, William Herrin wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 9:32 PM, Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> wrote: > >>> Someday, I expect the pantry to have a barcode reader on it > connected back > >>> a computer setup for the kitchen someday. Most of us already use > barcode > >>> readers when we shop so its not a big step to home use. > >> > >> Nah... That's short-term thinking. The future holds advanced > pantries with > >> RFID sensors that know what is in the pantry and when they were > manufactured, > >> what their expiration date is, etc. > > > > And since your can of creamed corn is globally addressable, the rest > > of the world knows what's in your pantry too. ;) > > > > This definitely helps explain your misconceptions about NAT as a > security tool. > > > Globally addressable != globally reachable. > > Things can have global addresses without having global reachability. > There are > these tools called access control lists and routing policies. Perhaps > you've heard > of them. They can be quite useful.
And your average home user, whose WiFi network is an open network named "linksys" is going to do that how? Jamie
