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Re: arguments against NAT? - what breaks

2003-12-02 12:05:46


Anthony G. Atkielski wrote:

NAT has obvious disadvantages.  ...


... Chat and instant messaging services will fail, and there is no
way to get them to work with NAT.


So far I have not been able to get chat or instant messages services to fail because
of NAT. (Not that I am saying that NAT is valuable or a problem)

Perhaps it is more accurate to say that some NAT implementations break chat and IM?

Streaming services may fail as well.


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