[p2p-hackers] Re: [mnet-devel] desiderata and open issues in ent

[Wes Felter]

On Thursday, September 25, 2003, at 03:23  PM, Zooko wrote:
>
> I'm skeptical.  I think that in a lot of places that NAT is installed 
> it is
> serving a dual role: to multiplex IP addresses and to discourage 
> consumers
> from running servers.  I suspect that if the former need is obviated 
> for some
> reason, that firewalls (or UPnP configurations) will then be installed 
> to
> enforce the latter need.

I disagree. In general, NATs are being installed by end users, not ISPs.

You are right, however, that the ISPs will always find some way of 
propping up their bad business models.

Wes Felter - wesley at felter.org - http://felter.org/wesley/



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