Re: "from the real world" - typical multihoming discussion

["Brian Haberman" <haberman@nortelnetworks.com>]

Sean Doran wrote:
> 
> Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp> writes:
> 
> > It will be great if small operators do not have to use BGP merely
> > because they are multihomed.
> 
> Yes, agreed.
> 
> At the risk of summoning down fire from heaven, I would
> like to point out that NAT makes this sort of multihoming
> possible, and despite the often-alleged huge cost of NAT,
> some sites consider it easier to manage than BGP,
> particularly when it comes to managing the attraction of
> return traffic from sources across the Internet.

I would not call this fire, but NAT's suck when it comes to
peer-to-peer applications.  You can call out, but you can't
call in...

Brian