Re: DDOS attacks and Large ISPs doing NAT?

["Bradley Dunn" <bradley () dunn org>]

> A NAT'd cell phone
> wont, cant ever, respond to an unsolicited connection request.

A NAT is not a firewall.

A firewall is not a NAT.

Some vendors bundle firewall functionality with NAT functionality, just as
some vendors bundle SNA with IP.

Please stop perpetuating the myth that a NAT is a security device.

Bradley