Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-10 Thread Mark Andrews
One can still do DS-lite when the provider only offers NAT64. A B4 can connect to a AFTR which can be anywhere that is reachable via IPv6. I can see small ISPs and those that can't get IPv4 addresses for themselves out sourcing the DS-lite service. -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Va

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-10 Thread Matthew Kaufman
On 1/9/2011 9:51 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: On Jan 8, 2011, at 10:46 PM, Matthew Kaufman wrote: On 1/8/2011 3:16 AM, Leen Besselink wrote: Hello Mr. Kaufman, In the upcoming years, we will have no IPv6 in some places and badly performing IPv4 (CGN, etc.) with working IPv6 in others. Right. So we

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-10 Thread Matthew Kaufman
On 1/9/2011 6:42 AM, Cameron Byrne wrote: 1. The companies that have selected NAT64 as a tool for rolling out IPv6 to address the IPv4 exhaustion business risk are aware of the various application trade offs. They select NAT64 because it makes business sense to aggressively go after IPv6 as th

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-10 Thread Brandon Butterworth
> We have offered on numerous occasions to peer with both of the > providers that are currently segmented from our ASN (6939), going > even so far as baking a cake for Cogent (AS174). Are some parties refusing to use transit, trying to bake in a de-facto "tier-1" ness? brandon

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-09 Thread Owen DeLong
On Jan 9, 2011, at 4:57 PM, Leen Besselink wrote: > On 01/09/2011 07:46 AM, Matthew Kaufman wrote: >> On 1/8/2011 3:16 AM, Leen Besselink wrote: >>> >>> Hello Mr. Kaufman, >>> >>> In the upcoming years, we will have no IPv6 in some places and badly >>> performing IPv4 (CGN, etc.) with working I

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-09 Thread Owen DeLong
On Jan 8, 2011, at 10:46 PM, Matthew Kaufman wrote: > On 1/8/2011 3:16 AM, Leen Besselink wrote: >> >> Hello Mr. Kaufman, >> >> In the upcoming years, we will have no IPv6 in some places and badly >> performing IPv4 (CGN, etc.) with working IPv6 in others. > Right. So we're discussing just how

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-09 Thread Leen Besselink
On 01/09/2011 07:46 AM, Matthew Kaufman wrote: > On 1/8/2011 3:16 AM, Leen Besselink wrote: >> >> Hello Mr. Kaufman, >> >> In the upcoming years, we will have no IPv6 in some places and badly >> performing IPv4 (CGN, etc.) with working IPv6 in others. > Right. So we're discussing just how "badly pe

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-09 Thread Joel Jaeggli
nce v4 over time? > > Frank > > -Original Message- > From: Matthew Kaufman [mailto:matt...@matthew.at] > Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 8:57 PM > To: Joel Jaeggli > Cc: Nanog Operators' Group > Subject: Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network > > O

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-09 Thread Cameron Byrne
On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Matthew Kaufman wrote: > On 1/8/2011 3:22 PM, Frank Bulk wrote: >> >> Relay nodes are always protecting themselves by rate-limiting, aren't >> they? > > Yes. >> >> And isn't most media traffic relayed? > > No, not at all. Almost all media traffic goes directly end-

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-08 Thread Matthew Kaufman
On 1/8/2011 3:22 PM, Frank Bulk wrote: Relay nodes are always protecting themselves by rate-limiting, aren't they? Yes. And isn't most media traffic relayed? No, not at all. Almost all media traffic goes directly end-to-end by using really good NAT traversal. I'm not seeing how the NAT64 sc

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-08 Thread Matthew Kaufman
On 1/8/2011 3:16 AM, Leen Besselink wrote: Hello Mr. Kaufman, In the upcoming years, we will have no IPv6 in some places and badly performing IPv4 (CGN, etc.) with working IPv6 in others. Right. So we're discussing just how "badly performing" the IPv4 can be and still be acceptable as "access

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-08 Thread Matthew Kaufman
On 1/8/2011 5:20 PM, Jima wrote: On 1/7/2011 12:39 AM, Matthew Kaufman wrote: If one end is behind a NAT64 and there is no mechanism for discovering the NAT64's IPv6 interface prefix and mapping algorithm (and at present there is not), there is no way to send IPv6 IP packets from the IPv6-only h

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-08 Thread Jima
On 1/7/2011 12:39 AM, Matthew Kaufman wrote: If one end is behind a NAT64 and there is no mechanism for discovering the NAT64's IPv6 interface prefix and mapping algorithm (and at present there is not), there is no way to send IPv6 IP packets from the IPv6-only host to IPv4 literal addresses (tha

RE: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-08 Thread Frank Bulk
capabilities of v6, and slowly de-preference v4 over time? Frank -Original Message- From: Matthew Kaufman [mailto:matt...@matthew.at] Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 8:57 PM To: Joel Jaeggli Cc: Nanog Operators' Group Subject: Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network On 1/6/2011 6:

RE: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-08 Thread Frank Bulk
Message- From: Matthew Kaufman [mailto:matt...@matthew.at] Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 8:55 PM To: Owen DeLong Cc: Nanog Operators' Group Subject: Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network On 1/6/2011 5:48 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: > Doesn't all of this become moot if Skype

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-08 Thread Leen Besselink
On 01/07/2011 03:57 AM, Matthew Kaufman wrote: > On 1/6/2011 6:34 PM, Joel Jaeggli wrote: >> On 1/6/11 5:48 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: >>> Doesn't all of this become moot if Skype just develops a dual-stack >>> capable client >>> and servers? >> Really, only some fraction of the supernodes and the logi

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-07 Thread Jack Bates
On 1/7/2011 1:47 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: Compatibility addresses don't work on the wire. They're not supposed to. It's a huge problem if they do. Sounds like someone should have developed more than 1 compatibility addressing then. Jack

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-07 Thread Owen DeLong
On Jan 7, 2011, at 6:32 AM, Jack Bates wrote: > > > On 1/7/2011 4:44 AM, Dobbins, Roland wrote: >> Yes, it has. There're lots of issues with embedding IP addresses >> directly into apps and so forth which have nothing to do with NAT. > > Embedding into apps isn't the same as embedding into pr

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-07 Thread Jared Mauch
On Jan 7, 2011, at 5:44 AM, Dobbins, Roland wrote: > > On Jan 7, 2011, at 4:02 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: > >> No, it hasn't always been a Bad Idea. > > Yes, it has. There're lots of issues with embedding IP addresses directly > into apps and so forth which have nothing to do with NAT. Let me

RE: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-07 Thread Dan Wing
> On 1/6/2011 9:28 PM, Dan Wing wrote: > >> -Original Message- > >> From: Matthew Kaufman [mailto:matt...@matthew.at] > >> Not really. Imagine the case where you're on IPv6 and you can only > >> reach > >> IPv4 via a NAT64, and there's no progress made on the detection > >> problem. > >> An

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-07 Thread Jack Bates
On 1/7/2011 4:44 AM, Dobbins, Roland wrote: Yes, it has. There're lots of issues with embedding IP addresses directly into apps and so forth which have nothing to do with NAT. Embedding into apps isn't the same as embedding into protocol packets. While NAT and stateful firewalls do tend to

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-07 Thread Dobbins, Roland
On Jan 7, 2011, at 4:02 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: > No, it hasn't always been a Bad Idea. Yes, it has. There're lots of issues with embedding IP addresses directly into apps and so forth which have nothing to do with NAT.

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-07 Thread Owen DeLong
On Jan 6, 2011, at 11:49 PM, Benson Schliesser wrote: > > On Jan 7, 2011, at 12:39 AM, Matthew Kaufman wrote: > >> On 1/6/2011 9:28 PM, Dan Wing wrote: >>> >>> Skype could make it work with direct UDP packets in about 92% of >>> cases, per Google's published direct-to-direct statistic at >>> h

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-06 Thread Benson Schliesser
On Jan 7, 2011, at 12:39 AM, Matthew Kaufman wrote: > On 1/6/2011 9:28 PM, Dan Wing wrote: >> >> Skype could make it work with direct UDP packets in about 92% of >> cases, per Google's published direct-to-direct statistic at >> http://code.google.com/apis/talk/libjingle/important_concepts.html >

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-06 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
On Thu, 6 Jan 2011, Matthew Kaufman wrote: If one end is behind a NAT64 and there is no mechanism for discovering the NAT64's IPv6 interface prefix and mapping algorithm (and at present there is not), there is no way to send IPv6 IP packets from the IPv6-only host to IPv4 literal addresses (th

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-06 Thread Matthew Kaufman
On 1/6/2011 9:28 PM, Dan Wing wrote: -Original Message- From: Matthew Kaufman [mailto:matt...@matthew.at] Not really. Imagine the case where you're on IPv6 and you can only reach IPv4 via a NAT64, and there's no progress made on the detection problem. And your family member is on a Skype-

RE: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-06 Thread Dan Wing
> -Original Message- > From: Matthew Kaufman [mailto:matt...@matthew.at] > Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 6:55 PM > To: Owen DeLong > Cc: Nanog Operators' Group > Subject: Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network > > On 1/6/2011 5:48 PM, Owen DeLong w

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-06 Thread Matthew Kaufman
On 1/6/2011 6:34 PM, Joel Jaeggli wrote: On 1/6/11 5:48 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: Doesn't all of this become moot if Skype just develops a dual-stack capable client and servers? Really, only some fraction of the supernodes and the login servers need to be dual stack. Without revealing too much a

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-06 Thread Matthew Kaufman
On 1/6/2011 5:48 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: Doesn't all of this become moot if Skype just develops a dual-stack capable client and servers? Not really. Imagine the case where you're on IPv6 and you can only reach IPv4 via a NAT64, and there's no progress made on the detection problem. And your fa

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-06 Thread Joel Jaeggli
On 1/6/11 5:48 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: > Doesn't all of this become moot if Skype just develops a dual-stack capable > client > and servers? Really, only some fraction of the supernodes and the login servers need to be dual stack. > Owen > > On Jan 6, 2011, at 1:32 PM, Matthew Kaufman wrote: >

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-06 Thread Steven Bellovin
On Jan 6, 2011, at 8:48 12PM, Owen DeLong wrote: > Doesn't all of this become moot if Skype just develops a dual-stack capable > client > and servers? Skype is an interesting case because of its peer-to-peer nature. Given the state of v6 deployment and operational experience[1], and especially

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-06 Thread Owen DeLong
Doesn't all of this become moot if Skype just develops a dual-stack capable client and servers? Owen On Jan 6, 2011, at 1:32 PM, Matthew Kaufman wrote: > On 1/6/2011 10:07 AM, Cameron Byrne wrote: >> >> Skype is not defined in an IETF RFC, so saying you need an RFC to move >> forward is bit co

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-06 Thread Matthew Kaufman
On 1/6/2011 10:07 AM, Cameron Byrne wrote: Skype is not defined in an IETF RFC, so saying you need an RFC to move forward is bit confusing. I don't see a disconnect at all. Skype also uses TCP and UDP, which are both subjects of RFCs. That said, it doesn't need to be an RFC... just *a reliabl

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-06 Thread Cameron Byrne
On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Matthew Kaufman wrote: > On 1/5/2011 9:39 PM, Cameron Byrne wrote: >> >> I understand my users pretty well, they only go to a few web pages ... >> its the nature of the net.  I assure you, i am not taking any undue >> risk with regards to web.  Try our friendly user

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-06 Thread Matthew Kaufman
On 1/5/2011 9:39 PM, Cameron Byrne wrote: I understand my users pretty well, they only go to a few web pages ... its the nature of the net. I assure you, i am not taking any undue risk with regards to web. Try our friendly user trial and give me your feedback, thats why i am running it. I'm no

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-06 Thread Mark Andrews
In message , Came ron Byrne writes: > On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 9:55 PM, Mark Andrews wrote: > > > > In message l.com>, Came > > ron Byrne writes: > >> As long as dual-stack is around, the app vendors don't have to move > >> and network guys have to dream up hacks to support these legacy apps > >>

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-05 Thread Cameron Byrne
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 9:55 PM, Mark Andrews wrote: > > In message , > Came > ron Byrne writes: >> As long as dual-stack is around, the app vendors don't have to move >> and network guys have to dream up hacks to support these legacy apps >> (CGN ). > > NAT64 is CGN expecially when it is bein

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-05 Thread Mark Andrews
In message , Came ron Byrne writes: > As long as dual-stack is around, the app vendors don't have to move > and network guys have to dream up hacks to support these legacy apps > (CGN ). NAT64 is CGN expecially when it is being implemented by the cellular carriers. > Cameron > > > > > Matth

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-05 Thread Cameron Byrne
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Matthew Kaufman wrote: > On 1/5/2011 8:47 PM, Cameron Byrne wrote: >> >> And, you will notice that the list at >> http://groups.google.com/group/ipv4literals shows only a few web site, >> because there are only a few that have this design flaws. > > And the list loo

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-05 Thread Mark Andrews
In message , Came ron Byrne writes: > On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Mark Andrews wrote: > > > > In message m>, Came > > ron Byrne writes: > >> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Dobbins, Roland wro= > te: > >> > > >> > On Jan 6, 2011, at 9:38 AM, ML wrote: > >> > > >> >> At least not without som

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-05 Thread Benson Schliesser
On Jan 5, 2011, at 10:31 PM, Mark Andrews wrote: > > Which is one of the reasons why DS-lite is a better solution for > providing legacy access to the IPv4 Internet than NAT64/DNS64. > DS-lite only breaks what NAT44 breaks. DS-lite doesn't break new > things. > Or just run a dual-stack network

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-05 Thread Matthew Kaufman
On 1/5/2011 8:47 PM, Cameron Byrne wrote: And, you will notice that the list at http://groups.google.com/group/ipv4literals shows only a few web site, because there are only a few that have this design flaws. And the list looks like it does because the list only shows a *few* web sites. Other s

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-05 Thread Cameron Byrne
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Mark Andrews wrote: > > In message , > Came > ron Byrne writes: >> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Dobbins, Roland wrote: >> > >> > On Jan 6, 2011, at 9:38 AM, ML wrote: >> > >> >> At least not without some painful rebuilds of criticals systems which ha= >> ve the

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-05 Thread Mark Andrews
In message , Came ron Byrne writes: > On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Dobbins, Roland wrote: > > > > On Jan 6, 2011, at 9:38 AM, ML wrote: > > > >> At least not without some painful rebuilds of criticals systems which ha= > ve these IPs deeply embedded in their configs. > > > > They shouldn't be

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-05 Thread Cameron Byrne
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Dobbins, Roland wrote: > > On Jan 6, 2011, at 9:38 AM, ML wrote: > >> At least not without some painful rebuilds of criticals systems which have >> these IPs deeply embedded in their configs. > > They shouldn't be using IP addresses in configs, they should be using

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-05 Thread Matt Hite
You didn't mention, but are you introducing a second border router? Is the new upstream circuit from a new provider, or is it a second, redundant circuit to the same provider in a different POP? Does your customer have their own portable address space, or are they using provider address space? I'l

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-05 Thread Michael Smith
The devil's in the details (obviously), and someone that reads into the scenario better than me might have a more direct suggestion, but... I'd start by moving the NAT at least one hop into the AS so that routing symmetry can be enforced there. This allows for multi-homing (asymmetric routing at

Re: Problems with removing NAT from a network

2011-01-05 Thread Dobbins, Roland
On Jan 6, 2011, at 9:38 AM, ML wrote: > At least not without some painful rebuilds of criticals systems which have > these IPs deeply embedded in their configs. They shouldn't be using IP addresses in configs, they should be using DNS names. Time to bite the bullet and get this fixed prior to