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Re[3]: Where NAT disenfranchises the end-user ... )

  • From: Richard Welty
  • Date: Fri Sep 07 16:00:19 2001 
On Fri, 7 Sep 2001 12:44:21 -0700 Jon Mansey <[email protected]> wrote:> 
> NM, along with IPsec are examples of apps that dont play well here, 
> but thats the point, they are apps that have not been written with 
> the real world in mind, ie that a good proportion of the edge these 
> days is behind NAT.

data communications security types would argue that NAT breaks data
integrity and authentication features that are rather important.

end-to-end characteristics are probably more crucial in this context
than any other.

richard
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Richard Welty                                    Averill Park Networking
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