Phil and all, Already read it, but thanks anyway. And yes it was quite interesting. Phil Regnauld wrote:

Jeffrey A. Williams (jwkckid1) writes:

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Frankly I personally view this as a very positive step for IPv6. Breaches a ideological technical divide that has existed for nearly a decade, which is a good first step in gaining more acceptance for IPv6. The downside is that LEA's won't like it very much for obvious reasons.

Read Alain Durand's proposal for a very interesting solution on the transition for large broadband providers:

http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-durand-dual-stack-lite-00

(it is cited in the article and is by far more interesting than the whole NAT or no NAT discussion).

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