On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, John Stracke wrote:
P.S.: Just to be clear, the other problem that the article finds with
NAT is that it enables you to share your connection with neighbors.
<dig, dig>...actually, this is the only problem the article finds. And,
yes, I can certainly understand why they consider it a problem: those
neighbors are getting, for free, the same bandwidth they would if they
paid for the cable modem service. Sounds like theft of services to me.
maybe the bussiness model of shared bandwidth is the flaw in this
equation. It seems like some rate limiting SLA scheme is the way to go --
a lot more energy conserving than whining about evils of NAT for stealing
bandwidth.
cheers,
jamal