Re: ICR "Unique Identifiers"

Roland Perry <[email protected]> Thu, 5 Nov 2015 13:03:56 +0000

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In article <e2ek3bp6mckp2ld9bv5hnvejdj9b5tlvgb-e09XROE/[email protected]>, Marcus 
Williamson <marcus-kDEge0WCpFXYd54FQh9/[email protected]> writes

>This statement in the document is false, as far as I can see from a technical
>perspective:
>
>"ICRs therefore provide the unique identifier to distinguish between different
>users of a shared IP address"

I'm sure that this is about identifying the users behind 
carrier-grade-NAT. Which is widespread on 3G and being rolled out by BT 
to its broadband customers on the cheapest tariffs (as an IPv4 
exhaustion measure rather than anything more sinister).

-- 
Roland Perry