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Not having client devices accessable via unique IPs is a great security feature. Certainly an unintended side effect but NAT is what is dropping unwelcomed inco
by ngetchell 4y ago
Not having client devices accessable via unique IPs is a great security feature. Certainly an unintended side effect but NAT is what is dropping unwelcomed incoming traffic on consumer devices.
- withinboredom 4y agoYou mean a firewall? NAT doesn’t have to drop any packets. It can translate unknown flows into broadcast packets, forward them to a set ip (dmz), or drop them. NAT is not a firewall, even if some configurations make it kinda sorta, if you squint, look like one.