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

[Christopher A. Martin]

Speaking of avoiding media relays, where are they now on CALEA 
requirements...at one point the capability to turn media relay on was on 
the table I thought.

Another solution I think was to use multicast at the edge closest to the 
endpoints for transparency...

Chris


Dan Wing wrote:

>>        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
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