[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > -- > On 29 Apr 2002 at 14:58, Sampo Syreeni wrote: > > [IPv6] nicely solves the problem with NATs, true. However, most > > firewalls I know are there for security reasons. Those will > > likely be adapted to work for 6to4 as well. The transition > > period will likely see some cracks where p2p can work, but I > > suspect those will be closed in due course. > > Customers want P2P. Businesses will supply it. The reason they > are not supplying it now is that there is an IP shortage.
Absolutely not so - the reason they are not supplying it now is that letting arbitrary machines inside your firewall advertise services is a fantastically huge security hole. Cheers, Ben. -- http://www.apache-ssl.org/ben.html http://www.thebunker.net/ "There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit." - Robert Woodruff
