Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on January 27, 2004 10:00 AM
you should try to identify the various functions that are in such a box. a local net (that's where you need the NAT when you have only one IP address) is connected to other nets through gateways (at least one). if you have less IP addresses than you have devices that want to connect, these gateways perform the network address translations that let you live with the insufficient number of IP addresses. they also provide the external network security through firewalls. IPv6 still implements the same network topology, i.e. the gateway won't go away and can still provide the firewall fubctionality. whether it provides the address translation or not is completely irrelevant for the security aspect.
in case of DSL or cable connections with an external cable or DSL modem, you essentially have a home (local) network consisting of one machine and the gateway machine
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Re:I hate NAT :-)
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on January 27, 2004 10:00 AMin case of DSL or cable connections with an external cable or DSL modem, you essentially have a home (local) network consisting of one machine and the gateway machine
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