Comment by vidarh

4 days ago

> What happens when multiple devices in your /8 want to listen on port 80 and 443 on the public address? Only one of them can. Now you're running a proxy.

I want to be running a proxy in that scenario, because I don't want any of it accidentally exposed.

> It's called a firewall. You want a firewall. IPv6 also has a firewall. NAT is not a firewall. NAT is usually configured as part of your firewall, but is not a firewall.

Yes, but it's arguably helpful to have configuration mistakes still leave your internal network unexposed. It's harder to accidentally expose resources when your ISP won't route to them.