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▲ ErroneousBosh 2 days ago

> Why don't you want every device to have a public IP?

What would be the advantage in it?

▲zekica 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Trivially easy do direct connections between devices (if desired), no issues when creating VPNs between networks using private ranges.

What would be the disadvantage?

▲ErroneousBosh 2 days ago | parent [-]

Well, the disadvantage would be that it would be really difficult to do direct connections between devices.

I don't want VPNs between private ranges.

I don't want publically-routable IP addresses on anything.

▲throw0101c 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

>> Why don't you want every device to have a public IP?

> What would be the advantage in it?

Not having to deal with ICE/TURN/STUN. Being able to develop P2P applications without having to build out that infrastructure (anyone remember Skype's "supernodes"?).

▲ErroneousBosh a day ago | parent [-]

This is not something I ever want any device on my network to do.