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

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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] 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Wait.. Do we not like NAT now??

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

At the cool network kids hate nat. 😤

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Boy do we like it!

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

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 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 2 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 2 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.