An Opinion in Defence of NATs
So NAT is virtuous because it (in effect) expands the address space and makes address assignment (partly) dynamic (because the above-32-bit address components are assigned at connection time).<p>But I think the article is ignorant of the real problems that NAT traversal cause in many situations. Yes, we have a system that largely works. But that in itself doesn&#x27;t prove the current system is equivalent to the IPv6 alternative. In fact, there are good reasons to believe an IPv6 world will make the Internet significantly more dynamic and peer-to-peer friendly.