[41436] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Where NAT disenfranchises the end-user ...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Sun Sep 9 19:21:34 2001
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
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To: Brian Whalen <bri@sonicboom.org>
Cc: Bob K <melange@yip.org>, "NANOG (E-mail)" <nanog@merit.edu>
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Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 16:19:48 -0700
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> Not exactly, in your scenario you are counting on the firewall to block
> hostile traffic destined for some ips. If they are Natted, it is more
> work to compromise those stations.
and if you change your name you are less likely to be mugged.
randy