21 Jun
2012
21 Jun
'12
9:47 a.m.
On Jun 21, 2012, at 5:04 AM, Masataka Ohta wrote:
Karl Auer wrote:
Speaking for myself, I'm one of the "if I want to allow direct outside connection to my interior machines I should be able to" crowd.
While "direct" and "interior" are not compatible that you actually mean some indirections...
Anyway, what if, your ISP assigns a globally unique IPv4 address to your home router (a NAT box) which is UPnP capable?
That's what the largest retail ISP in Japan is doing.
Masataka Ohta
Does not scale. Not enough IPv4 addresses to do that for 6.8 billion people on the planet. What if my ISP just routes my /48? Seems to work quite well, actually. Owen