Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on January 27, 2004 04:44 AM
Let's face it folks. The IPV6 designers have failed miserably. They are not living in the real world. Having each and every machine directly accessible on the Internet is asking to be hacked. NATs maybe a poor man's firewall, but they are quite effective. Most script kiddies just move on to other softer targets. For under $60US, I can buy a pretty decent NAT/firewall device. Most software firewalls (ZoneAlarm, Black Ice etc.) are totally useless, prompting the user constantly with technical messages about opening up ports. They eventually open all ports, just to stop the nagging, defeating the purpose of having them.
Many hardware NAT devices have the ability to block sites, keywords and various harmful technologies like ActiveX. It is almost impossible to have a usesful IE with ActiveX totally disabled. I configure one device with my policies, and my entire network is protected, regardless of OS, configuration and setup.
In addition, many ISPs give just one IP address to connect to the Internet. I can easily see them charging more for each IPV6 address you want, making the service more expensive.
I am totally sold on the combo of IPV4+NAT. I will not setup a single computer on the Internet without the benefits of a NAT device. Until IPV6 offers the same benefits and security, it will not take off. The IPV6 guys are just pissed because there really isin't any reason to implement IPV6.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on January 27, 2004 04:44 AMMany hardware NAT devices have the ability to block sites, keywords and various harmful technologies like ActiveX. It is almost impossible to have a usesful IE with ActiveX totally disabled. I configure one device with my policies, and my entire network is protected, regardless of OS, configuration and setup.
In addition, many ISPs give just one IP address to connect to the Internet. I can easily see them charging more for each IPV6 address you want, making the service more expensive.
I am totally sold on the combo of IPV4+NAT. I will not setup a single computer on the Internet without the benefits of a NAT device. Until IPV6 offers the same benefits and security, it will not take off. The IPV6 guys are just pissed because there really isin't any reason to implement IPV6.
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