-----Original Message----- From: Jake Khuon [mailto:khuon@NEEBU.Net] Sent: 2. mája 2002 10:51 To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: Large ISPs doing NAT?
DT> and what if one of the devices behind that phone would also be a DT> personal "ip gateway router" (or how you call that)... you could DT> recursively iterate as deep as your mail size allows you to...
It's possible. Could it get ugly? Yes. Do we just want to shut our eyes and say "let's not go there."... well... maybe. I just don't think the solution is to say, "this can never happen... we must limit all handheld devices to sitting behind a NAT gateway."
no eye-shutting. it's just about considering HOW MANY (or WHAT PART) of your users will need the 'full' service. if you have 95% of bfu's with web+mail phones or pda's then nat is completely ok for them. and those 5% (if so many ever) phreaks - give them an opportunity to have public ip with no nat for a few bucks more you will end up with exactly two exactly specified services... not that bad, is it? -- Tomas Daniska systems engineer Tronet Computer Networks Plynarenska 5, 829 75 Bratislava, Slovakia tel: +421 2 58224111, fax: +421 2 58224199 A transistor protected by a fast-acting fuse will protect the fuse by blowing first.