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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 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

exactly. I have been begging multiple ISPs for direct IPv6 allocations for 10+ years now. its always "we are internally testing - not available for distribution yet". the most recent request from me was less than 3 months ago when I needed a IPv4 /29 for a remote site. figured I would see if I could also get a nice sized IPv6 allocation as well. nope. just gotta keep paying a premium for that dwindling IPv4 address space.

Hurricane Electric is to be commended for their public IPv6 tunnels, but without direct allocations from your immediate upstream, its just play.