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Happy 30th birthday to RFC 1631 ("NAT"), the "short term solution" we all rely on (datatracker.ietf.org)
submitted 6 months ago by BodilessGaze@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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From the conclusion:

NAT may be a good short term solution to the address depletion and scaling problems. This is because it requires very few changes and can be installed incrementally. NAT has several negative characteristics that make it inappropriate as a long term solution, and may make it inappropriate even as a short term solution. Only implementation and experimentation will determine its appropriateness.

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[-] qprimed@lemmy.ml 124 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

there is no fix more permanent than a temporary one.

edit: as I literally sit here inspecting the nat tables on a couple of edge routers.

[-] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 6 months ago

That temporary fix will eventually become unnecessary. IPv6 has slowly getting more and more use.

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 33 points 6 months ago

This thread starts with a document literally proving people have been saying that exact thing for 30 years now.

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