Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on January 28, 2004 03:34 AM
NAT is the proverbial Genie. With recent developments in Open-source Operating systems and software, Anyone can drop a CD into a 486-class machine and build themselves a NAT/firewall to share their DSL/Cable connection to the internet amongst multiple machines without the provider's knowledge. That saves money. I personally don't know too many people willing to double their ISP bill if they don't have to. My main point is the NAT in IPTABLES works just as well for IPv6 as v4. Even if my ISP called me tomorrow and said I had to use an IPv6 address, I'm not getting rid of the NAT... I like (my computers) living in obscurity. Network security is kinda like the story of a group of people chased by a hungry Grizzly bear; You don't have to be faster than the bear, just faster than the other guy.
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The Genie is out of the bottle.
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on January 28, 2004 03:34 AM#