From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <5fa9fbfe115a9cd5a81d0feefe413192@quintile.net> <40cf59cfc2735e232f0fd67df725e65d@kw.quanstro.net> <046b9c874815d108c6ffb7a857e847a7@kw.quanstro.net> <20100429170859.2EBE05B78@mail.bitblocks.com> Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:51:24 +0200 Message-ID: From: hiro <23hiro@googlemail.com> To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [9fans] A simple experiment Topicbox-Message-UUID: 1481ba76-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > erik said: > >> why is using nat to make many hosts look like one a bad thing? > > I suspect the reaction is based on being forced to use it when you'd > rather not, like many residential ISPs require. It's particularly > upsetting when the CPE doesn't even have a globally routable address. How much is many?