Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on January 27, 2004 04:53 AM
It's a little disingenuous to separate NAT and stateful firewalls because in real life, most NAT boxes have a stateful firewall built in. For the vast majority of home users, a small NAT box is exactly what they need, which is why they're so popular. In fact, these NAT boxes actually enhance security because they provide a single point of control over what is allowed into the network.
The IETF is experiencing a bit of cognitive dissonance - the real world isn't acting the way they want it to, and they would rather hold on to their precious theories than face real life. The cold, hard fact is that NAT satisfies a need, and satisfies it cheaper and simpler than the IETF ivory-tower solution.
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Re:I hate NAT :-)
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on January 27, 2004 04:53 AMThe IETF is experiencing a bit of cognitive dissonance - the real world isn't acting the way they want it to, and they would rather hold on to their precious theories than face real life. The cold, hard fact is that NAT satisfies a need, and satisfies it cheaper and simpler than the IETF ivory-tower solution.
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