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> NAT was a necessity when it was being introduced, so I don't understand the complaints. Sure it's annoying, but what was the alternative? IPv6
by norenh 3y ago
> NAT was a necessity when it was being introduced, so I don't understand the complaints. Sure it's annoying, but what was the alternative?
IPv6
- crazygringo 3y agoNope. IPv6 still isn't supported everywhere. When you're running out of addresses, you need a workable solution at the moment. Not something that requires all networking equipment worldwide to be replaced with a new standard all at once, with is a practical impossibility.
- BenjiWiebe 3y agoIt doesn't have to be replaced all at once. Most of it already has been replaced.
- crazygringo 3y agoBut it has to be entirely replaced in order to turn off the last NAT, essentially. Being half-replaced or even mostly-replaced gets you nowhere in terms of NAT removal.
- fiddlerwoaroof 3y agoIPv6 would have been great if it was just bigger addresses but the actual system we got suffers heavily from the second-system effect.