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Date:      Thu, 3 Jul 2003 10:29:52 +0200
From:      Achim Patzner <ap@bnc.net>
To:        Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Performance improvement for NAT in IPFIREWALL
Message-ID:  <20030703082952.GA92881@bnc.net>
In-Reply-To: <3F037D5B.9070908@mac.com>
References:  <3F0316DE.3040301@tenebras.com> <20030702183838.GB4179@pit.databus.com> <3F0327FE.3030609@tenebras.com> <3F0331EE.6020707@mac.com> <3F0350C7.7010009@tenebras.com> <3F036571.8030609@mac.com> <3F036DEE.8010408@tenebras.com> <3F037D5B.9070908@mac.com>

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On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 08:48:27PM -0400, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> >>"Since NAT actually adds no security,
> >You're of the school that sez "what I tell you three times is true?"
> It worked for Dorothy, right?  :-)

Well... If you only want to convince hillbillies it might be enough.

Actually NAT makes networks safer; it has been stopping a lot of drive-by
self-foot-shooting by Windows users around me (who were so frustrated by not
being able to run their c00l borgware. You see? I'm a strong believer in
"the enemy is NOT out there on the Net"...


Achim



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