Keith, I don't get this argument. A NAPT is a firewall by your own
definition "I believe the primary purpose of firewalls should be to
protect the network, not the hosts, from abusive or unauthorized
usage." It's implementing a very simple policy, protect me from the
outside world.
simon
On Thursday, June 19, 2003, at 06:07 AM, Keith Moore wrote:
and kills that user's ability to run valuable applications. in fact,
the NAT
is not a firewall at all. it isn't implementing any policy specified
by the
user. what it's doing is imposing some arbitrary restrictions on the
user's
network that may or may not serve the user's interests at all. it's
snake
oil.
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