North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Getting a "portable" /19 or /20
Thus spake "Eric A. Hall" <[email protected]> > I honestly believe that ARIN is funded by stock ownership in NAT > provder technologies. No, ARIN is funded by the ISPs which it doesn't require to follow its allocation guidelines. > They are the primary reason that we have NAT > and RFC 1918 problems on the net everyday. No, the reason we have NAT is because it's a lot easier for novice network administrators to divvy up and route 10/8 than it is 208.x.x/20. Any leaf network can get all the non-portable addresses they want, for a price. There's also a general perception that NAT increases security; some "security" companies go so far as to say NAT removes the need for a firewall. It's amazing how many network admins believe this. S -- Stephen Sprunk "So long as they don't get violent, I want to let CCIE #3723 everyone say what they wish, for I myself have always K5SSS said exactly what pleased me." --Albert Einstein
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