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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)
On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 15:10:18 GMT, Dave Howe <[email protected]> said: > but sucks if your cable or xDSL ISP decides NAT is the > way to go. (usually followed by a "well, you shouldn't need two or more > nodes there/want to run a server/care about SIP, a business should pay for > a DEDICATED link" for a little three-man sales office in the backend of > nowhere) Or the road warrior case. If you send 3 engineers to Detroit and they end up at the wrong hotel..... > But regardless, all the workarounds are doing is trying to patch the fact > that UDP dependent connections are not NAT friendly by special-casing (or > app-layer proxying) particular instances of UDP in a way that doesn't drop > dead TOO often.... People are continually managing to make bears dance, and are surprised when said bears decide it's time to voice their opinions on the matter.... Attachment:
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