Re: Newbie Question about addressing impacts

On Aug 12, 2004, at 6:31 AM, Fleischman, Eric wrote:

> This is an interesting idea. However, if we embed proxy functions into 
> border routers it would potentially add overhead (as well as latency) 
> and make them harder to manage. Specifically, the number of border 
> routers is likely to increase as network perimeters become more 
> porous. Thus, this idea carries with it the need to ensure that these 
> distributed routers can be configured with consistent policies.
>
> Simple is good in operations.
>


Well, then the other architectural alternative that I can see is to 
embed NAT-like functionality in all of the hosts.

I find this scarier.

Tony