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Re: Common operational misconceptions
From: Masataka Ohta <mohta () necom830 hpcl titech ac jp>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:11:22 +0900
Andreas Echavez wrote:
*Why disabling ICMP doesn't increase security and only hurts the web* *(path MTU discovery, diagnostics)
That PMTUD works is a misconception.
*How NAT breaks end-to-end connectivity (fun one..., took me hours to explain to an old boss why doing NAT at the ISP level was horrendously wrong)
That's another misconception. While NAT breaks the end to end connectivity, it can be restored by end systems by reversing translations by NAT, if proper information on the translations are obtained through some protocol such as UPnP. Masataka Ohta
Current thread:
- Re: Common operational misconceptions, (continued)
- Re: Common operational misconceptions Michael W. Lucas (Feb 16)
- Re: Common operational misconceptions Owen DeLong (Feb 15)
- Re: Common operational misconceptions Michael Sinatra (Feb 16)
- Re: Common operational misconceptions Carsten Bormann (Feb 16)
- Re: Common operational misconceptions Michael Sinatra (Feb 16)
- Re: Common operational misconceptions Leigh Porter (Feb 16)
- Re: Common operational misconceptions Tim Franklin (Feb 16)
- Re: Common operational misconceptions Brett Lykins (Feb 16)
- Re: Common operational misconceptions David Walker (Feb 16)
- RE: Common operational misconceptions Holmes,David A (Feb 16)
- Re: Common operational misconceptions Andreas Echavez (Feb 16)
- Re: Common operational misconceptions Masataka Ohta (Feb 16)
- Re: Common operational misconceptions Josh Hoppes (Feb 16)
- Re: Common operational misconceptions Masataka Ohta (Feb 16)
- Re: Common operational misconceptions Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 16)
- Re: Common operational misconceptions Masataka Ohta (Feb 16)
- Re: Common operational misconceptions Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 16)
- Re: Common operational misconceptions Masataka Ohta (Feb 16)
- Re: Common operational misconceptions Owen DeLong (Feb 16)
- Re: Common operational misconceptions Masataka Ohta (Feb 16)
- Re: Common operational misconceptions Masataka Ohta (Feb 16)
- Re: Common operational misconceptions Owen DeLong (Feb 16)
- RE: Common operational misconceptions George Bonser (Feb 16)