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It's easier to remember the IPs of good DNSes, too. (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Today in our newest take on "older technology is better": why NAT rules!

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Wait.. Do we not like NAT now??

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

At the cool network kids hate nat. 😤

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Boy do we like it!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

NAT is, and has always been, an ugly hack. Why would anyone like it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Doesn’t that mean private non-routable subnets like 10.x or 192.x have always been a hack?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Private addresses don't necessitate NAT. IPv6 also allows private addresses in the form of fd00::/8, like fd00:face:b00b:1::1.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

No, because there's use cases for systems that aren't connected to the internet. Also, public IPs can be dynamic, so you might not want to rely on them internally.