On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Jean-Francois Mezei <jfmezei_na...@vaxination.ca> wrote: > Should NAT become prevalent and prevent innovation because of its > limitations, this means that innovation will happen only with IPv6 which > means the next "must have" viral applications will require IPv6 and this > may spur the move away from an IPv4 that has been crippled by NAT > everywhere.
It won't happen and I'll tell you why not. Client to client communication block diagrams: Without NAT: Client->Router->Router->Router->Router->Router->Client With NAT: Client->Router->Router->Relay->Router->Router->Client At a high level, the two communication diagrams are virtually identical. Add killer app. By it's nature, a killer app is something folks will pay good money for. This means that 100% of killer apps have sufficient funding to install those specialty relays. Odds of a killer app where one router can't be replaced with a specialty relay while maintaining the intended function: not bloody likely. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William D. Herrin ................ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004
