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Re: [rrg] IPv4 & IPv6 routing scaling problems

Paul Jakma <paul@jakma.org> Fri, 12 February 2010 21:03 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rrg] IPv4 & IPv6 routing scaling problems
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On Tue, 9 Feb 2010, Paul Jakma wrote:

> You might respond that the internet would adapt by changing the ULPs to 
> better make use of IPv4. E.g. we could make NAT friendly transport protocols:
>
>  - Add a "Internal host ID" field to ULP headers, like TCP.
>  - Increase the range of the flow^Wport ID

I've expanded on this at:

  http://pjakma.wordpress.com/2010/02/12/making-the-internet-scale-through-nat/

Yeah, it's probably a bit crackful, but it's at least interesting to 
consider what could happen if NAT "sticks" -> what kind of "small" 
hacks could develop, and where could they go.

regards,
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