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echo: ipv6
to: Victor Sudakov
from: Michiel van der Vlist
date: 2019-01-27 00:10:00
subject: NAT

Hello Victor,

On Saturday January 26 2019 21:18, you wrote to Tony Langdon:

 VS> Of course it does more! No packet filter *hides* *src* *addresses* of
 VS> your internal hosts,

So what? A device on the LAN that communicates with the outside world uses a 
public address. In the case of IPv4 with NAT it is a public WAN address of the 
router. In case of IPv6 it is a public address in the prefix range assigned to 
the router. In either case the address used is "exposed".

 VS> and that is exactly what security people love NAT for.

Hmmm... I would rather not put my faith in the hands of a "security expert" 
that believes in "security through obscurity"...


Cheers, Michiel

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