alt Hacker News> it's hard to remember addresses
We desperately need a standardized protocol to look up addresses via names. Something hierarchical, maybe.
> with v6 you can't rely on NAT as an ersatz firewall
Why would you not just use a regular firewall? Any device that is able to act as a NAT could act as a firewall, with less complexity at that.
>Why would you not just use a regular firewall?
No idea, but people do it. Every time this comes up on HN there are dozens of comments about how they like hiding their devices behind a NAT, for security