<br><tt><font size=2>It is an interesting idea though. As IPv4 space
becomes more and more scarce and as a result more and more valuable I wonder
if it would be possible to start natting and then assign customers public
TCP/UDP ports rather than IP addresses. This would be for small businesses
and individual users of course, but it would save some addresses. I
think making something like that mandatory would be a mistake though.</font></tt>
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> NAT enforces the client-server model. I can think of a LOT of reasons
<br>
> why I would not use an ISP that enforced NAT upon me. The main one
<br>
> being that I could only use my Internet connection for sessions I
<br>
> initiate.... In other words, I'm buying about 1/2 of a connection
to <br>
> the Internet... Actually, I'd not be buying a connection "to"
the <br>
> Internet at all, only a connection "from" the Internet.<br>
> <br>
> Once two people who wish to communicate are both behind such <br>
> providers, there is no way they can send data to each other without
<br>
> using a third party somewhere... which is to me a real waste of <br>
> resources.<br>
> <br>
> On Jan 2, 2009, at 3:24 PM, Artur (eBoundHost) wrote:<br>
> <br>
> > My apologies if I'm asking a question that has been answered
a million<br>
> > times, I have not been able to find an answer.<br>
> ><br>
> > Is there a reason why ISP's such as Comcast/ATT, allowed to hand
out<br>
> > unique IP addresses, even not static ones, to end users? Why
are they<br>
> > not required to use NAT?<br>
> ><br>
> > If ISPs were to switch to local address space, how many IP blocks
<br>
> > would<br>
> > be released back into the wild?<br>
> ><br>
> > -- <br>
> ><br>
> > Best Regards,<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Artur<br>
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