Re: shared address space... a reality!

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

On Mar 16, 2012, at 3:59 PM, George Bonser wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Owen DeLong [mailto:owen () delong com]
> >
> > In my perception, this is primarily a moving part that will be used by
> > providers deploying IPv6 as a mechanism to compensate for things on the
> > internet their customers want to reach that have not yet deployed IPv6.
>
> I think it will be used mostly as the middle 4 in NAT444 and in links between networks where there are RFC1918 
> network assignment collisions.  My gut tells me we will see that net block being used for NAT on a lot of VPNs 
> between RFC1918 networks.

I would agree with both of those statements.

> > I don't think any sane provider will use this as yet another way to
> > avoid deploying IPv4. 
>
> I hope you're right.

Certainly of the providers I have spoken with about the subject, that seems
to be the prevailing attitude.

So there is some hope.

Owen