Re: NAT patent

[Jon Crowcroft]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Keith Moore typed:

 >>OTOH, if I owned that patent, I'd put it to good use...

the normal corporate use of patents is to stop someone else charging
you royalties for something covered by their patent - for example, 
cisco might need the NAT patent to stop someone charing them for fast
ipv6 technology:-)

 cheers

   jon