Re: NAT external/Public IP

[Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>]

On 2007-10-25 crazy frog crazy frog wrote:
> > > 2)If you allow lots of machine to direct access the internet with
> > > external ip they may pose a security risk.
> >
> > How would that pose a risk that would not exist with NAT'ed machines?
>
> there are multiple machines,so it might be possible that some of them
> contains the vulnerable software or users are dumb enough?

At the risk of repeating myself: how would that pose a risk that would
not exist with NAT'ed machines?

> also hope you understand difference between having a single ip to
> attack and having multiple ips to attack :)

No, actually I fail to see a difference there. Please elaborate.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
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