Re:Just Fucking Use IPv6
by Dagger2 on Monday November 09, 2026 @09:53AM
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> NAT only drops unsolicited inbound packets because it doesn’t know where to take them.
NAT does not drop unsolicited inbound packets. That's your firewall. If NAT doesn't know what to do with a packet, it just ignores it. Your router will then route it based on whatever dest IP is in the packet.
If v6 was the thing that made you realize you needed a firewall, then v4 was less understandable to you than v6 is.
NAT does not drop unsolicited inbound packets. That's your firewall. If NAT doesn't know what to do with a packet, it just ignores it. Your router will then route it based on whatever dest IP is in the packet.
If v6 was the thing that made you realize you needed a firewall, then v4 was less understandable to you than v6 is.