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Re:The world in which IPv6 was a good design (2017) by magicalhippo on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @10:33AM (#25570677)
Yes. What I'm trying to say is that I think embracing NAT would have been a better choice than the IPv6 we ended up with.
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Re:The world in which IPv6 was a good design (2017) by aflag on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @10:46AM (#25570842)
You can still use NATs with ipv6, there's just not many reasons too, no?
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Re:The world in which IPv6 was a good design (2017) by magicalhippo on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @12:07PM (#25571933)
Yeah that's like the worst of both worlds in a way.
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