-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Per Jessen wrote:
G T Smith wrote:
The wiki article below seems to suggest that implementing a form of NAT for IPv6 is under discussion by the IETF...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6
Also suggests the implementation is not exactly consistent (or as simple as intended)...
NAT seems completely superfluous when the networks are dished out as /64. I did notice that there is a reserved range of private/local/site-unique addresses (prefix fd), but I'm not quite sure what that is intended for.
/Per
For purely address space allocation it probably is superfluous, for simple network zoning maybe not. This private address allocation idea seems to be implemented with different syntaxes in different contexts. I also have no idea whether this is intended to deal with network address space sub allocation and issues like zoning or whether this is for another purpose. A brief look at this article suggests this is a little more involved than some would have us believe. It really depends how desirable it is have all your address space universally visible and not implementing some form of DMZ as a layer of protection, and also to what extent there is a requirement to restrict access to resources not just by user but by location. Apparently for consumer grade kit operated by 'non-informed' users implementation is patchy at best, (options like flashing the ROM with third party firmware is not something I would personally recommend to this user group, and may invalidate any warranty on the kit anyway). - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkrhiKgACgkQasN0sSnLmgKe3ACgqWFU1s6LoeloBu71vPYGATMG FwYAn1nJE9LZWXU7wrSJWFfLUCaYExj+ =tiRN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org