> We may not have to worry about it - NAT is now illegal in 4 of the
> United States, and counting:
> 
> http://news.com.com/2100-1028-994667.html
> 
> One thing I have not seen addressed in this thread is anonymity. One
> reason I wrote my first NAT in 1996 was because I can do things on the
> net (like send this email), and no one could trace it back any further
> than my company DSL link. It's up to me if I want to identify myself or
> not.
> 
> I don't see any good way to do this without NAT, which has well
> understood drawbacks.
> 
> If IPv6 has a better anonymity solution, can someone point me to it? Or
> do I have to start working on NATv6?  (See, this is why I don't always
> want to identify myself! :-)

Please see:

http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-mobileip-hmipv6-07.txt

You can search for "location privacy" in this draft. This protocol can help
with what you are looking for without having to "break IP".

alper


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