[41343] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Where NAT disenfranchises the end-user ...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Howe)
Thu Sep 6 20:57:59 2001
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From: "David Howe" <DaveHowe@gmx.co.uk>
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Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 01:53:52 +0100
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> Or more completely, they expect the network to be
> transparent so that every port at the destination IP
> address connects to the same machine, and there
> is no operational restriction on which end initiates
> the communication.
which of course *is* possible for at least one machine per visible IP
address - even if additional IPs are masqed behind it.
Tony
