stanislav shalunov wrote:
NAT is an ugly hack that's impairing people's connectivity, right?
For some, it might be. Others find different faults with NAT.
A highly unusual for an IETFer (and very disturbing) perspective of
cable companies is provided in an article in CED magazine "The CAT and
the NAT" by Leslie Ellis, Technology Analyst:
http://www.cedmagazine.com/ced/2001/1101/11d.htm
(Link appeared on Slashdot.)
This article proceeds to describe NATs as incarnations of everything
evil. One of the reasons they are so evil, according to Leslie Ellis,
is that they allow users to avoid paying for extra IP numbers:
Interesting spin, esp. given the promotion of NATs _BY_ the cable cos
and ISPs specifically to prohibit users from running web servers out of
their home.
Live by the (rusty) sword, die by it, apparently.
Joe