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SubjectRe: netfilter IPv6 support
FromThomas Zehetbauer <>
DateFri, 27 Aug 2004 12:02:24 +0200
On Don, 2004-08-26 at 17:11 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> For example, a NAT box behind which 32,000 hosts sit, or something like
> that :)

NAT is limited to count(official addresses)*65535 connections anyway.

One of the most important features of IPv6 is to reconcile today's
interNAT to a homogenous internet as it was before and intended to be.
If someone wants then to put 32k hosts behind a single linux router he
would better provide the necessary hardware for it.

Tom

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