From owner-freebsd-security Mon Nov 12 18: 7:21 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.cluster.oleane.net (smtp2.cluster.oleane.net [195.25.12.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A68037B405 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2001 18:07:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from diabolic-cow.chatgris.net (c2ce7707.fsp.oleane.fr [194.206.119.7]) by smtp2.cluster.oleane.net with ESMTP id fAD27BL52963; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 03:07:12 +0100 (CET) Received: by diabolic-cow.chatgris.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id AD62C2F8; Mon, 12 Nov 2001 23:33:02 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 23:33:02 +0100 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=E9mi_Guyomarch?= To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Cc: anderson@centtech.com Subject: Re: NAT vs Application layer proxy Message-ID: <20011112233302.A68973@diabolic-cow.chatgris.net> References: <3BEFDB90.9CD7AEB7@centtech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3BEFDB90.9CD7AEB7@centtech.com>; from anderson@centtech.com on Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 08:24:16AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message