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rmwaite 8 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: IPv6 just turned 30 and still hasn't taken over th...

IP addresses were always meant to be globally reachable. Of course, NAT has corrupted this - which is why NAT is a scourge.

hdgvhicv 8 months ago [–]

And so are firewalls?

convolvatron 8 months ago | [–]

firewalls are a choice that the enduser makes.

non-routed prefixes are a limitation imposed by the ISP the the user can't address.

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