Re: [CIO] Network architecture/security question

[Dan Updegrove <updegrove () MAIL UTEXAS EDU>]

David,

This reference comes from our networking engineering staff -- "

Things that NATs break."

Regards,
Dan


A list of networking problems that can be caused by NAT boxes,
generated by someone who got tired of explaining what NATs can break
and decided to write it down:

http://www.cs.utk.edu/~moore/what-nats-break.html


At 07:28 PM 5/27/2003, you wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
>         We are considering ways to increase the network security
> of most of our desktop systems on campus.  In addition to
> some work on anti-virus and anti-spam systems, we're
> considering ways to reduce hacking of our campus system.
> Few of our clients on campus need for their workstations to
> be accessible from off campus, and we're looking to exploit
> that fact to increase security....


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