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Re: Have they stopped teaching Defense in Depth?


From: William Herrin <bill () herrin us>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:01:09 -0500

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Mark Andrews <marka () isc org> wrote:
If you want to use unroutable addresses then use a bastion host /
proxy.  Don't expect to be able to open a TCP socket and have it
connect to something on the outside.  Do it right or don't do it
at all.

Mark,

What is a modern NAT but a bastion host proxy for which application
compatibility has been maximized?

Regards,
Bill Herrin



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