[64671] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: IPv6 NAT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kuhtz, Christian)
Thu Oct 30 13:03:58 2003
From: "Kuhtz, Christian" <christian.kuhtz@BellSouth.com>
To: Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org>, Michael.Dillon@radianz.com
Cc: North American Noise and Off-topic Gripes <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 12:01:57 -0600
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> Or you could simply call it what it is -- a firewall -- since
> that's what most consumers think NAT is anyways.
>
> While I disagree with the general sentiment that NATs create
> security, the standard usage of such devices is certainly
> that of a stateful firewall.
All hairsplitting aside, given that the term NAT these days is mostly used
in a PAT (particularly in a customer connecting to the I) context, what
isn't secure about?
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