On 2011-08-04 11:01, Cameron Byrne wrote:
>> Yes, because these NATs are endpoint-dependent, which is forbidden by
>> the BEHAVE RFCs.
> 
> It is still very usefull and will be deployed regardless.

Right. But the IETF needs consistency in the advice it provides.

> I understand you need to keep your documents consistent, but stretching
> those ipv4 addresses further is a network and business reality of
> today's big nat and future big nat.

That's why there's a proposal floating around (no draft) that NATs MAY
apply endpoint-dependent mapping to protocols that are known to not
cause problems (e.g. HTTP and DNS).

Simon
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