[arin-ppml] IPv4 Depletion as an ARIN policy concern

[Owen DeLong]

On Nov 2, 2009, at 9:58 AM, Roger Marquis wrote:

> Kevin Kargel wrote:
>> NAT started out as a kludgy local workaround and will always pretty  
>> much be
>> a local workaround. NAT is nothing more than a silly router trick.
>
> Whether or not NAT is "kludgy", a "workaround", or "silly" is an  
> opinion.
> It is an opinion not supported by fact i.e., the market for end-node
> network gear without NAT, which is effectively zero.  As a result  
> arguments
> against NAT are irrelevant.
>
True... More accurately, in IPv4, NAT is a necessary evil which is  
tolerated
because of the serious shortage of IPv4 addresses.

However, in IPv6, that shortage is not present and therefore, NAT  
moves from
being a necessary evil to an UNnecessary evil.

Owen