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Re: Is NAT can provide some kind of protection?


From: Jay Mitchell <jay () miscreant org>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 03:57:40 +1100

Tell your security guy he should be looking for another job.

On 21/03/2007, at 8:41 PM, Tarig Ahmed <tariq198487 () hotmail com> wrote:

We have wide range of Public IP addresses, I tried to assign public ip directly to a server behined firewall( in 
DMZ), but I have been resisted.
Security guy told me is not correct to assign public ip to a server, it should have private ip for security reasons.

Is it true that NAT can provide more security?

Thanks,

Tarig Yassin Ahmed




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