Re:IPv6 Adoption
by pdkl95 on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @08:18AM
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> Carrier grade NAT breaks a lot of things in subtle ways.
All types of IP Masquerading[1] break the network in both subtle and overt ways. Without proper addresses, we've been s stuck for a couple decades having to work around "party lines" instead of developing real network software. Now that ISPs are starting to do this, some of the workarounds are no longer possible and the damage done to the network is becoming more obvious.
I hope we can successfully transition to IPv6 in the very near future, or the internet will finish transitioning from a powerful peer-to-peer network back into cable tv where we no longer have the ability to publish without an imprimatur[2].
All types of IP Masquerading[1] break the network in both subtle and overt ways. Without proper addresses, we've been s stuck for a couple decades having to work around "party lines" instead of developing real network software. Now that ISPs are starting to do this, some of the workarounds are no longer possible and the damage done to the network is becoming more obvious.
I hope we can successfully transition to IPv6 in the very near future, or the internet will finish transitioning from a powerful peer-to-peer network back into cable tv where we no longer have the ability to publish without an imprimatur[2].
[1] n:1 NAT using RFC 1918 private addresses
[2] https://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/digital-imprimatur/