[AusNOG] Metadata retention... it's now (almost) a thing

[Shain Singh]

On 30 October 2014 18:21, Paul Brooks <pbrooks-ausnog at layer10.com.au> wrote:

> On 30/10/2014 6:00 PM, Skeeve Stevens wrote:
> > And CGN... double and triple NAT.
> >
> > Internet sees 1.1.1.1 - which is potentially hundreds of people... which
> is
> > 100.64.0.1 - which is potentially many other people as well.
>
> Sure - but all that means is that you as the operator of the CGNAT box and
> NAT
> gateways have a crapload of logging to keep for 2 years to make life
> difficult for
> yourself. Tracking the translations back to your customer session or port
> (and they
> may have their own translations, but that's their problem) is feasible by
> searching
> the logs.
>
>
>

Various forms of deterministic NAT solutions are around with vendors to
cater for these types of situations.
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-donley-behave-deterministic-cgn-00



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