On Feb 4, 2025, at 03:14, Amos Rosenboim <amos@oasis-tech.net> wrote:
As much as I love to be a network purist who hates state maintenance in the core of the network, the sad reality is that these devices are there and will remain there for the foreseeable future.
Mobile operators need IPv4 address sharing
NPTv6 is not a viable alternative for mobile operators because it disrupts end-to-end IPv6 connectivity, which can cause problems with IPSEC and the like; lacks a built-in IPv4 transition mechanism; and has a significant negative impact on the stability and resiliency of the network. NPTv6 shouldn’t exist; and to the degree that it’s even remotely suitable for any network at all, it’s only for small enterprise endpoint networks which exercise a substantial degree of administrative control over the communications of the nodes on said networks.
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Roland Dobbins <roland.dobbins@netscout.com>