I remember some time ago in /. somebody arguing with me that IPv6 does not and should not have NAT because NAT is evil and the sole purpose of IPv6 is to get rid of it.

DHCPv6 works, unless you have Android devices (the point of TFA).

How about "Internal WiFi" and "Guest WiFi (internet access only)"? Currently this is done with a separate vlan and subnet for the guest WiFi. It also benefits greatly from dynamic address assignment.

IPv4 IPs are much easier to remember than IPv6 IPs.

You have to use static IPs if you want to split the singe /64 you got from your ISP into subnets, since SLAAC stops working then. Well, either that or NAT.

I really like how the IPv6 proponents also propose to give more control to the ISP.

With IPv4 I can:
1. Split my allocated address space into however many subnets (down to /30s) I want.
2. Use NAT to either have more internal IPs than public ones or to mask/redirect traffic.
3. Use NAT to keep the internal IPs constant even if the public IPs change (ISP changes or something).
4. If I have my own AS, I can jump between ISPs while keeping my IPs, this allows the use of multiple ISPs for redundancy.

Now, with IPv6 things look better with pretty much unlimited addresses, however:
1. If I have at least one Android device, I either have to set up static IPs or ask the ISP for more subnets, as if /64 could not be split into smaller subnets. Oh, right, the devicewants to put its MAC addressas part of the IP - yay for tracking? Oh and why the ISP should give me more subnets for free? So, I guess I'd better start putting money into the suitcase...
2. No NAT means the internal IPs change if the ISP decides so or I change ISPs. DNS is not an option since it can fail just as well as DHCP can. Also, even with DNS it would be a PITA to change all the records to point to new IPs. Also, firewall configurations need to be updated.
3. Private ASs are discouraged, apparently they mess up the routing tables. So, now I do not have redundancy and the ISP can cause real problems for me because of #2. Or I have to work out a three sided deal between me and two competing ISPs. I guess I'd better find another suitcase for the money...

Ok, MS doesn't do patent abuse when it concerns .NET (yet).

But all Android vendors have to pay up to Microsoft for all the Linux/Android based phones they sell, because of patents. This is extortion pure and simple, and it's Microsoft abusing patent system for monetary gain.

--Coder

My grandmother said that you could bitch about the government, though you would not be allowed to do that on TV or radio. Well, at least after Stalin's death.

Also, I am not saying that the US is the same as Russia (or USSR), but it's getting there. If this continues, then after a few decades, it may become even more of a police state than USSR ever was. After all, the various agencies have spying capabilities that the KGB could only dream about. Automatic tracking of cars by photographing license plates, internet data mining, call data mining (speech recognition beats a guy listening to one conversation at a time).

I noticed that as time passes, there is smaller and smaller difference between the US and Russia. It almost looks like the US government is looking at Russia as a model of how to do things...

I haven't seen people typing (long) documents on a cellphone or a tablet, though I guess maybe it is convenient for some.

There are ways of making the Linux router invisible to the ISP, unless they really try to detect the unauthorized equipment (but that would take time and the ISP probably does not care THAT much). It depends on what is actually done with the management. Stick a Raspberry Pi on the other side of the ISP router to simulate usage. The result should not stand out in the graphs etc, so the ISP will not be looking at that particular router for problems.

Also, if the ISP still manages to detect it, just play dumb and say you do not know anything (and put everything back the way it was then someone from the ISP comes to check).

That would take me much more time than to configure a Linux router to be stealthy.

Or, think up a technical solution.

So, the problem is that the ISP provided router does not work properly. Also, if you replace it with a proper router, the ISP does not like it.

So (I'm assuming here that the uplink is Ethernet):
1.Figure out how the ISP accesses your router (packet sniffer with a managed switch or a hub),
2.Configure a Linux router to pass management packets to the ISP router, but otherwise act like a router for your network. This way, the ISP can still access their router, but you do not have to use it.
3. Don't forget to set everything back the way it was if there's someone coming from your ISP.
4. Profit.

Well, I said primarily about the foreign policy. I do not live in the US or in Russia, so what is in those countries in a lower concern for me. What is a concern for me is getting a bomb from either country dropped on my head. In that regard, both countries are "obey us or get a bomb". Just ask Iraq or Ukraine. In addition, ISIS was created because of the actions of the USA (destroying the government of Iraq and just leaving instead of annexing the country or at least installing a proper government there).

Smaller companies do not use AD or group policies, they usually do not have a server. That leaves Windows+Office and if Windows is primarily used because of Office...

Well, if the government did it without the permission or knowledge of said companies, then, I guess, the companies made a bad decision when choosing a country for their factories. Similar to how Chinese companies may be suspect because Chinese government probably does the same thing the CIA does. At least now everybody knows about this so the companies can make a decision to avoid the US (and China). And seal their equipment so it shows evidence if it was "enhanced".

- American IT companies are losing billions because foreign customers are scared

Those poor companies! They will make a few billions less after getting truckloads of money from the government to introduce backdoors in their supposed secure products. Maybe next time those companies choose to protect the privacy of their customers...

They will be rebuilt, however, spying on citizens may be reduces somewhat.

Except that the people now now about this and can take more precautions against being spied on.