What is IPv6? (2) Say a long good-bye to NAT, say hi again to end-to-end model Has been used as temporary cure for address space issue NAT breaks bidirectional communication NAT is a bondage to application protocol designers NAT does not let multicast/IPsec through NAT does not work with proprietary protocols NAT does not improve security NAT box is a single point of failure If you reboot NAT box, all connection will be gone NAT is a barrier to scalability of the Internet as a whole prevents deployment of peer-to-peer apps