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IPv6 Readiness Report

Posted by Hemos on from the where-do-things-line dept.

MythoBeast writes "In the latest episode of the Intellectual Icebergs podcast, Brett Thorson of Ravenwing provides a very good review of how ready our industry is for IPv6. He also provides a pretty good implementation guide for those who want to set up IPv6 at home."

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  1. NAT provides a firewall by tepples · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Umm, [adding more devices is] precisely why [NAT is] used.

    Apart from that, NAT is also useful because of an inherent side effect, namely that a basic firewall comes "free" once your router has implemented NAT.

  2. Re:IPv6 isnt really wanted by jamesh · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm right now struggling with the various implementations of NAT-T (IPSEC NAT Traversal) and the fact that they won't play nice together. Wouldn't be necessary with IPv6.

    Ever tried to set up a VPN between two sites which both use 10.0.0.0/24 as their network range?

    Ever wished you could just ssh direct to your desktop machine from home without futzing around with vpns?

    So you may not want it or see the need for it, but if you understood the amount of work that has gone into making NAT the 'solution' it is today you might appreciate it a little more :p