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Re: [BEHAVE] Lack of need for 66nat : Long term impact to applicationdevelopers

2008-11-26 18:22:28

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 David Mo
rris writes:
On Thu, 27 Nov 2008, Mark Andrews wrote:

    If your OS requires a reboot when you renumber get a real OS.
    If your apps require that they restart when you renumber get
    your apps fixed.

I fail to understand how an app such as ssh can maintain a secure
connection in the face of renumbering. Yet many of my ssh sessions are
active for days or weeks quite happily and their existance represents my
mid term memory about what I'm working on.

        Internally ssh picks a ULA address and you don't notice the
        renumbering event.

        For external renumbers events extend SSH to support reconnects.
        You need that anyway for network outages other than renumbering.

        There are apps today that support reconnect.

        NAT won't save you from external renumber events.

Creating a new connection represents a restart from my perspective. Some
amount of my activity is lost and if I don't directly control when the
renumbering happens, it can be at a very in-opportune time in terms of my
productivity.

Dave Morris
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