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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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[-] frezik@midwest.social 3 points 6 months ago

A lot of ISPs do have some kind of IPv6. Many don't give you a prefix with the length they should. Many don't give you a static prefix. They're doing everything they can to continue to fuck this up.

Mostly to their own detriment. Maintaining equipment to do carrier grade NAT makes their network slower, less reliable, and more expensive.

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