Re: Security gain from NAT

Jim Shankland wrote:

But NAT *requires* stateful inspection; No, NAT does not require this.

Port NAT mapping one IP to many does, but there are other kinds of NAT. this lack of precision can lead to nasty results when clueless middle managers demand things they don't understand (which is, after all, the way of clueless middle managers.) the technically minded of us can at least not aggravate the situation by being sloppy with our use of language. richard