[TriLUG] Want to Participate in World IPv6 Day?

[Igor Partola]

NAT is not the only problem that stands in front of this goal though.
The biggest issue is that your ISP can control and shape your traffic.
The internet is a giant network that is fault tolerant to a ridiculous
degree. Take out some backbone providers and your packets will still
find a way (though slower) to their destination. This attribute is
completely absent from the last mile. You typically cannot peer with
your neighbors, and if your ISP cuts your wire/fiber you have zero
connectivity.

Maybe peering with your neighbors is the solution, but I sure wouldn't
want to get a DMCA violation notice for the torrent that Timmy down
the street happened to download through my connection. Otherwise, the
first step might be as simple as creating wireless routers that are
able to bridge wireless LAN's in dense neighborhoods.

Igor

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Alan Porter <porter at trilug.org> wrote:
>> Perhaps most importantly, NAT reinforces the decentralized"
>> / "channel" world view that those at <insert ISP or media
>> company> would like to support
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> I would like to underscore this comment.
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> With NAT being so pervasive, the only services you will see are
> centralized ones that connect to some coordinating body on the
> internet (and they will be subscription services).
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> That is, you will not talk VOIP directly from your computer to
> your friend's computer.  You will both use Skype.  And for the
> tinfoil hats out there, that means Skype holds the keys to your
> privacy.
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> That means that you will not IM directly from you to your peers.
> You will go through an intermediary, like Yahoo IM.  Again,
> Yahoo holds your IM logs for their own purposes: marketing, and
> maybe even allowing third party inspection.
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> Even your humble oven is subject to the NAT trap.  Rather than
> pointing your browser directly to oven.home.alanporter.com, you
> will have to go through the oven server -- which may or may not
> still be in business.
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> I am looking forward to the day when our communications is more
> peer-to-peer and less hub-oriented.  Imagine how this would change
> the dynamics of Libya or Egypt or Tunisia.  In a world where nearly
> everything is peer-to-peer, it becomes much harder to block the
> voice of the people by simply blocking Twitter and Facebook.
>
> IPv6++
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> Alan
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