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IP addresses were always meant to be globally reachable. Of course, NAT has corrupted this - which is why NAT is a scourge.
by rmwaite 9mo ago
IP addresses were always meant to be globally reachable. Of course, NAT has corrupted this - which is why NAT is a scourge.
- hdgvhicv 9mo agoAnd so are firewalls?
- convolvatron 9mo agofirewalls are a choice that the enduser makes. non-routed prefixes are a limitation imposed by the ISP the the user can't address.