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Date:      Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:12:16 +0200
From:      Mark Martinec <Mark.Martinec+freebsd@ijs.si>
To:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer
Message-ID:  <201304151412.16246.Mark.Martinec%2Bfreebsd@ijs.si>
In-Reply-To: <20130415.125100.74672975.sthaug@nethelp.no>
References:  <951943801.20130415141536@serebryakov.spb.ru> <195468703.20130415143237@serebryakov.spb.ru> <20130415.125100.74672975.sthaug@nethelp.no>

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On Monday April 15 2013 12:32:37 Lev Serebryakov wrote:
> And, yes, NAT64 will be useful for sure, but it is another story,
> not IPv6<->IPv6 translation.

Fear not, NPT66 prefix translation is stateless,
this is nothing like NAT44 / NAPT.

On Monday April 15 2013 12:51:00 sthaug@nethelp.no wrote:
> We are *way* too late in the game to completely avoid IPv6 NAT.
> Various flavors already exist in the form of RFCs, e.g. NPTv6:
> 	http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6296

Prefix translation is useful for SOHO or branch offices with
more than one uplink, unless one wants to invest into AS and BGP
or start building tunnels:

  http://blog.ioshints.info/2011/12/we-just-might-need-nat66.html


Mark



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