[VOIPSEC] IPv6 and the demise (or not) of NAT (was Re: Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE))

[Dan Wing]

>         When was the last time someone went into CompUSA and 
> asked for an RFC 1234-compliant router?
> 
>         They _might_ be trained to look for a symbol/label 
> associated with
> "works for VoIP" or "VoIP certified" or "Vonage certified", etc.  The
> problem is explaining to the user why they need this without 
> causing their
> head to explode - and getting all the router makers to add 
> that to their
> packaging in a prominent place.  Uh huh, that will happen easily...

The alternative is paying, directly or indirectly, for media relay
services if the NAT is symmetric.  Users, vendors, and service 
providers may fail to figure this out -- almost all of those parties
has an incentive to avoid media relays.

-d