Re: Why?

At 13:09 13/03/2005, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> So, yeah, it *is* easier to deploy first and then later make incremental
> modifications for scalability - if you like NAT.
May I venture a silly question? What is a NAT today?

I prefer speaking of coreboxes with (among others) a NAT service (*) (as 
edge smart boxes opposed to middleboxes) and of telemates or endboxes for a 
non host boxes (sensors, actuators, appliances, etc.).
There are 3 billions telephones,1.3 billions mobiles, 3 billions of TV, 4 
billions of radio listeners. Each of them needs an IPv6 address today with 
10 to 1000 extensions to support their SNHN (small network/home network) 
and their "endboxes". Only IPv6, as an IPv4 with longer address" can 
support them. In that sense I understand IPv6 as the scalability of the 
initial IPv4 deployment (this has actually nothing todo with IPv6, just 
with the availability of the numbers for the necessary scaling and 
directory/routing organization).
Obviously a "user" point of view. Where am I wrong?
jfc

PS (*) as many other services like firewall, application protection, email 
servers, local NIC and nameservers, OPES, webserver, backup manager, CVS, 
creditcard transaction, encryption, etc.  

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