On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 22:10 -0500, Keith Moore wrote: > Roger Marquis wrote: > > One example that's often cited as being a NAT issue is > > SIP(/STUN/TURN). The real issue here, however, is SIP's embedding of > > a network layer address in the application data. This convoluted > > authentication mechanism, and ISO 7 layer model breakage, is > > the problem, not NAT. > The Internet was not designed according to the ISO 7 layer model. > There's absolutely nothing wrong with passing network layer addresses in > application messages in the Internet architecture. And DNS is, as far > as the architecture is concerned, just another application.
Unfortunately, this architecture does not scale in a network where hosts are dynamically multihomed and/or mobile. Regards, // Steve _______________________________________________ nat66 mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/nat66
