BITAG’s Large Scale NAT Report Published

(Mar. 7, 2012)
The Internet is running out of IPv4 addresses. A successor address format, IPv6, has been developed to support as many devices as can conceivably be connected to the Internet for the foreseeable future but the IPv6 transition will take several years to be completed. IPv4 and IPv6 will thus need to co-exist until the demand for IPv4 services diminishes.  Network operators are employing a variety of techniques to extend the life of IPv4 addressing given the specter of a long term IPv6 transition. Large Scale Network Address Translation (also known as “Large Scale NAT” or “LSN”) is one such technique.  LSN equipment allows a large number of IPv4-enabled end devices to share a single public IPv4 address. Network Address Translation (“NAT”) functionality has long existed in local/private networks to help network operators manage their network addresses using private address space but network operators now contemplate using it on a widespread basis.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Contact:
Marcia Hofmann Senior Staff Attorney Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Seth Schoen Senior Staff Technologist Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Protect Yourself from Intrusive Laptop and Phone Searches at the U.S. Border

EFF’s New Guide Helps Travelers Defend Their Data Privacy

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NO STRICT LIABILITY FOR RESELLERS OF PERSONAL DATA, COURT FINDS

Resellers of personal information gleaned from a driver’s records cannot be held strictly liable for misuse of that information by purchasers under the Driver’s Privacy Protection
Act of 1994, a federal judge has ruled. Addressing an issue of first impression in the Second Circuit, Judge Richard Berman of the Southern District of New York granted summary judgment to resellers on a car owner’s claim they sold his personal information to a man who used it to harass and threaten him. Berman’s ruling came in Gordon v. Softech International Inc., 10 Civ. 5162, where he was required to sort out a dispute over an alleged car accident and its aftermath.
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