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Slashdot: UK ISP PlusNet Testing Carrier-Grade NAT Instead of IPv6
- Subject: Slashdot: UK ISP PlusNet Testing Carrier-Grade NAT Instead of IPv6
- From: streiner at cluebyfour.org (Justin M. Streiner)
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:31:32 -0500 (EST)
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <[email protected]>
On Wed, 16 Jan 2013, fredrik danerklint wrote:
> From the article:
>
> "Faced with the shortage of IPv4 addresses and the failure of IPv6 to take
> off, British ISP PlusNet is testing carrier-grade network address translation
> CG-NAT, where potentially all the ISP's customers could be sharing one IP
> address, through a gateway. The move is controversial as it could make some
> Internet services fail, but PlusNet says it is inevitable, and only a test at
> this stage."
I would hope that PlusNet has valid, well-thought-out reasons for
deploying CGN instead of IPv6. Not knowing those, I can only jugde their
position on its face: foolish and short-sighted.
To quote a NANOG veteran: "I encourage my competitors to do this" :)
jms