[Info-vax] "Linux Shminux - IPsec is Snake Oil!" VMS Mgmnt

[Bob Eager]

On Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:04:22 UTC, JF Mezei 
<jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> wrote:

> Bob Eager wrote:
> 
> > Maybe. Mine is the opposite. Everything has a public IP address.
> 
> There is nothing wrong with feeling at ease with being exposed to the
> world, borderline exhibitionist...

If I were exposed to the world, I'd be worried...NAT is not a universal 
panecea.

> NAT routers really provide 2 functions: the NAT and a firewall function.
> 
> Just because you go IPv6 and no longer need NAT doesn't mean that your
> router will lose its firewall capabilities. In fact, they should be
> augmented.

I agree. And my firewall is a dedicated machine, not just the stuff in a
cheap router.
-- 
Bob Eager