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Re: NATs *ARE* evil!

2000-12-21 13:10:02
On Wed, 20 Dec 2000 13:39:11 -0500, you wrote:

V Guruprasad posted, in reply to private mail:

Obscurity would mean that a unique server host address exists but
is not advertised.

No.  Security through obscurity means any approach that attempts to protect
network resources (in this case, the server) by making them hard to find.

VG gave a specific example of which you give the general case, seems
to me that, at least in this area, you're "disagreeing to agree". :-)

Rgds
Denis
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