Re: v6 & DSL / Cable modems [was: Private use of non-RFC1918 IP space

[Seth Mattinen <sethm () rollernet us>]

John Peach wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 21:16:49 -0500
> "TJ" <trejrco () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > >     The SOX auditor ought to know better.  Any auditor that
> > >     requires NAT is incompenent.
> > Sadly, there are many audit REQUIREMENTS explicitly naming NAT and
> > RFC1918 addressing ... 
>
> SOX auditors are incompetent. I've been asked about anti-virus software
> on UNIX servers and then asked to prove that they run UNIX.........


Not just SOX. I vaguely remember something in PCI about NAT. It wouldn't
surprise me if every auditing thing involving computers said something
about requiring NAT. See my earlier comment about NAT=firewall.

~Seth