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

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

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[–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] dan@upvote.au 1 points 4 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.

[–] orangeboats@lemmy.world 1 points 4 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.