Re: Transparent NAT

[Predrag Zivic <pzivic () yahoo com>]

I agree, double NAT is not a good idea. UDP and TCP
protocols like FTP will not work (I tried it and got
burned with it...). So as suggested no need for NAT on
your router. Just a VPN NAT should do it. 

Pez

--- "Michael C. Ibarra" <ibarra () hawk com> wrote:
> Quoting cdschuler () home com:
>
> > Today I met with a VPN appliance manufacturer.  I
> was told that
> > there is a significant problem with NAT when there
> is a router
> > between the VPN appliance and the end user.  From
> what I'm told
> > the problem lies with the fact that both the VPN
> and the router are
> > conducting NAT between each other and therefore
> there needs to
> > be transparent NAT to alleviate this.  They don't
> have the software
> > patch yet.  Is there a patch for this on the
> software side rather than
> > purchasing their additional hardware to fix it?
> >
> > Thank you, Cameron Schuler
>
> Every router I know of that does NAT'ing, has the
> ability to
> turn off this feature. Decide, NAT on the router or
> NAT on 
> your VPN appliance, turn one off, preferably, in
> your case,
> turn it off on the router.
>
> -mike
>       
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>          is not necessarily the opinion of Hawk 
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