> NAT offers pretty much the same protection as a default stateful firewall Most NAT requires itself to include a stateful firewall; it's the same thing as the

> NAT offers pretty much the same protection as a default stateful firewall Most NAT requires itself to include a stateful firewall; it's the same thing as the NAT flow table. This whole trope is mostly getting into people's heads to not forget about actually configuring that "free" firewall properly, since it'll just be a poor one otherwise.