> 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 > > -JB- > > ############################################################# > H > (==)o(==) H John Bartas - Main Propeller head > _I_ H InterNiche Technologies Inc. (408) 257-8014 x219 > / \ H 1340 S. DeAnza Blvd. Suite 102 > ----- H San Jose CA 95129 > O O H [EMAIL PROTECTED] > " H www.iniche.com > \___/ H > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List > IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng > FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng > Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
