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This is explicitly wrong. There absolutely is such a thing as a "public Internet" address, which is the exact terminology used by the IETF. NAT isn't a part of
by andrewmcwatters 5y ago
This is explicitly wrong. There absolutely is such a thing as a "public Internet" address, which is the exact terminology used by the IETF. NAT isn't a part of the Internet Protocol, but it is well-defined in other related RFCs.
- Jasper_ 5y agoYes, I know about what the IETF considers a "public Internet address", but it's sort of ill-defined for a lot of standard network topologies. NAT is a technique, not an explicit protocol. The RFCs simply cover the technique as it existed in practice.