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NAT is a statefull firewall with a trick. One is exactly as complicated to reason about as the other. Except on one you don't need the trick.

• hnlmorg 6mo ago
  Not in the context I was describing.
• Dagger2 6mo ago
  NAT is state tracking with a trick, but not firewalling. It doesn't block connections, so it's not a firewall.