Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1837 mails)

[Per Jessen <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

James Knott wrote:

> Per Jessen wrote:
> > James Knott wrote:
> >
> >    
> > > Per Jessen wrote:
> > >      
> > > > > Now that more than sufficient addresses are available, there's
> > > > > absolutely no justification for continuing to use NAT.
> > > > >
> > > > >          
> > > > You're ignoring the real world.  Time, money, unnecessary change
> > > > etc.
> > > >   I have a "very broken", yet perfectly working NAT setup joining
> > > >   my
> > > > local RFC1918 office network to my external IPv4 /27 and IPv6 /48 -
> > > > there is no justification for changing that. You know, if it ain't
> > > > broke ...
> > > >        
> > > I'm not ignoring the real world.  I know about the many existing
> > > networks etc.  However, that's no excuse to not move to IPv6 and
> > > gradually get rid of the IPv4 stuff.
> > >      
> > One excuse - lack of a business case?  For my customer-side setup,
> > obviously I need to go IPv6, sooner rather than later.  For my
> > back-office and local servers, there's no business case.
>    
> Sure, if you're not interested in what happens in the not to distant
> future.

I'm primarily interested in the bottom line; what happens in the near
future might well affect that, but I don't see it affecting my use of
NAT on my local networks. 

> > > On simple networks, as used in homes and many business, it's a
> > > trivial matter to get going with IPv6, even if only via a tunnel
> > > broker, and start moving to an entirely IPv6 world.
> >      
> > If via a tunnel broker, I submit it's outside the reasonable
> > reach/need of Joe Bloggs. If not, it might be trivial, but not free. 
> > With little no apparent benefit.
>    
> The tunnel brokers I'm aware of are free.

Like I said: via a tunnel broker, it's outside the reasonable reach/need
of Joe Bloggs; if not via a tunnel broker, it might be trivial, but not
free. 



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Per Jessen, Zürich (14.9°C)

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