15 Nov
2011
15 Nov
'11
1:32 p.m.
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 5:57 AM, Leigh Porter <leigh.porter@ukbroadband.com> wrote:
As somebody else mentioned on this thread, a NAT box with private space on one side fails closed.
This is a myth; just like NAT provides security is a myth. It doesn't matter if your firewall performs NAT or not; if it fails, traffic will more than likely stop flowing. The conditions for a non-NAT firewall to fail open are very specific. You often need to engineer it to have that functionality. Either type of firewall system can be designed to fail open or fail closed. -- Ray Soucy Epic Communications Specialist Phone: +1 (207) 561-3526 Networkmaine, a Unit of the University of Maine System http://www.networkmaine.net/