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"Without NAT the only 2 parties that need to know anything about a TCP connection are client and server." Even without NAT there may be multiple devices betwee
by tssva 6y ago
"Without NAT the only 2 parties that need to know anything about a TCP connection are client and server."
Even without NAT there may be multiple devices between a client and server which need to know about the TCP connection. Stateful firewalls, WAN accelerators, and load balancers are some examples.
- globular-toast 6y agoThey should all be under your control, though. Once you hand off to your ISP it should be nothing but routers all the way.
- tssva 6y agoI wish they were all under my control.