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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Creating demand for IPv6
On Wed, 3 Oct 2007, Mark Smith wrote: > > The value of network perimeterisation as a security measure, of which > NAT is a method, is being questioned significantly by network security > people. The obvious example of why it is being questioned is when the > CEO brings their laptop inside the "gooey" centre, bypassing the "hard > shell" corporate firewalling/NAT box, and infecting all the devices on > the corporate network with the malware they've caught from their home > broadband connection. Universities have understood this for many years, with the termly influx of infected student computers. Tony. -- f.a.n.finch <[email protected]> http://dotat.at/ IRISH SEA: SOUTHERLY, BACKING NORTHEASTERLY FOR A TIME, 3 OR 4. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR.
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