[Gllug] IPv6 allocation options

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 02:09:38PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> The point I was trying to make wrt to IPv6 vs IPv4+NAT, is that NAT is
> a hurdle to peer2peer applications. IPv4+NAT does not preclude p2p usage,
> but it means that apps that want to be robust in the face of multiple
> layers of NAT, have to do some quite complex tricks to punch holes through
> the NAT(s). Punching holes in NAT also requires that both parties have
> access to a common rendevous server for initial connection setup, which
> is another failure risk. You could see the effect of this with the trouble
> Skype recently had bringing their p2p mesh network back online after its
> outage. The large number of clients needing to establish initial connection
> caused serious load on the supernodes.  If all clients had IPv6 public
> addresses, there would be potentially much less reliance on shared
> rendevous nodes to do NAT hole punching, and thus an overall more 
> reliable & scalable p2p protocol.

I meant to include this link before, to show how much "fun" NAT hole punching
can be :-)

  http://www.brynosaurus.com/pub/net/p2pnat/

Regards,
Daniel
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