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Re[3]: Where NAT disenfranchises the end-user ... )


From: Richard Welty <rwelty () averillpark net>
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 15:59:41 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)


On Fri, 7 Sep 2001 12:44:21 -0700 Jon Mansey <jon_mansey () verestar com> wrote:> 
NM, along with IPsec are examples of apps that dont play well here, 
but thats the point, they are apps that have not been written with 
the real world in mind, ie that a good proportion of the edge these 
days is behind NAT.

data communications security types would argue that NAT breaks data
integrity and authentication features that are rather important.

end-to-end characteristics are probably more crucial in this context
than any other.

richard
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