Re: Does IPv6 preclude use of a NAT gateway?
Thanks, everyone, for the discussion!
It looks like there are some possibilities. Thank goodness I don't have
to convert today! By the time I do have to convert, maybe I'll know
enough. ;-)
Randy Kramer
On Monday 11 July 2011 07:42:15 pm William Hopkins wrote:
> There are a few issues here.. first and foremost is your desire to
> 'hide' your computers. There's no reason for that -- currently some
> ISPs try to make you pay more to run multiple computers, which is
> wrong. But in IPv6 this restriction *will not* exist, I assure you.
> Why else would they assign /64s, /56s or /48s ?
>
> Second, no, a firewall won't help. But some clever routing could. You
> can still create private networks with IPv6 and if you don't allow
> them to route to the internet, they won't reach the internet. Then if
> you wanted, you could set up a SOCKS or HTTP proxy and configure your
> software on the private networks to use it. All the traffic would
> appear to come from the proxy.
>
> It's a lot of work, comparatively. But then again, what you're asking
> for is a special exception to the way computers are supposed to
> connect to the internet (in both v4 AND v6.. NAT was a hack).
>
> If you elaborate on why you want the hiding feature, perhaps someone
> can suggest an alternative you haven't considered (:
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