Re: Security gain from NAT (was: Re: Cool IPv6 Stuff)

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Date: Mon Jun 04 2007 - 14:54:01 EDT

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    On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:32:39 PDT, Jim Shankland said:
    > *No* security gain? No protection against port scans from Bucharest?
    > No protection for a machine that is used in practice only on the
    > local, office LAN? Or to access a single, corporate Web site?

    Nope. Zip. Zero. Ziltch. Nothing over and above what a good properly
    configured stateful *non*-NAT firewall should be doing for you already.




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