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Date:      Mon, 12 Nov 2001 23:33:02 +0100
From:      =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=E9mi_Guyomarch?= <rguyom@pobox.com>
To:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Cc:        anderson@centtech.com
Subject:   Re: NAT vs Application layer proxy
Message-ID:  <20011112233302.A68973@diabolic-cow.chatgris.net>
In-Reply-To: <3BEFDB90.9CD7AEB7@centtech.com>; from anderson@centtech.com on Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 08:24:16AM -0600
References:  <3BEFDB90.9CD7AEB7@centtech.com>

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On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 08:24:16AM -0600, Eric Anderson wrote:
> What are some of the advantages/disadvantages of an
> application layer proxy server, versus a box running NAT
> with packet filtering on it (like ipfilter or IPFW)?

An application layer proxy server requires specific client support
most of the time.

-- 
Rémi

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