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Is NAT can provide some kind of protection?
- Subject: Is NAT can provide some kind of protection?
- From: rdobbins at arbor.net (Dobbins, Roland)
- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 04:47:05 +0000
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <[email protected]>
On Mar 21, 2007, at 5:41 AM, Tarig Ahmed wrote:
> Security guy told me is not correct to assign public ip to a server, it should have private ip for security reasons.
He's wrong.
> Is it true that NAT can provide more security?
No, it makes things worse from an availability perspective. Servers should never be NATted or placed behind a stateful firewall.
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