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Re: Does IPv6 preclude use of a NAT gateway?



Hi,

Johan Kullstam wrote:
NAT is a firewall.  Maybe not a great one.  But it does function as such.

Yes, and it is improved upon by using a "real" firewall, but nonetheless, NAT does offer some protection and all this posts about being able to poke holes through NAT ... well, they are mostly "in theory", with the "in practice" real situation being pretty unlikely unless an attack was directly targeted.

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Kind Regards
AndrewM

Andrew McGlashan
Broadband Solutions now including VoIP


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