Re: there _is_ IPv6 NAT - just look for it

Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com> Mon, 17 March 2014 03:10 UTC

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From: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 12:09:53 +0900
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Subject: Re: there _is_ IPv6 NAT - just look for it
To: Alexandru Petrescu <alexandru.petrescu@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 3:44 AM, Alexandru Petrescu <
alexandru.petrescu@gmail.com> wrote:

> Whereas IPv6 NAT is not specified anywhere but its implementation is
> widely available.
>

I don't think it matters whether it's "widely available", I think it
matters whether it's "widely used".

IPv6 support has been widely available for well over a decade, but I think
everyone would agree that for most of that time it was not widely used.