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Re:A brief history of IPv4 address space exhaustion by bArray on Thursday May 25, 2017 @02:39PM (#14419182)
I think whilst it's nice to have that barrier, it's prevention rather than cure anyway. There's no substitute for secure devices :)
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Re:A brief history of IPv4 address space exhaustion by 2bitencryption on Thursday May 25, 2017 @03:51PM (#14419669)
what's more secure than a device you cannot possibly reach?

I'll take an insecure device isolated at the bottom of the ocean in a titanium block over a probably-secure device that is publicly addressable any day.

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Re:A brief history of IPv4 address space exhaustion by Spivak on Thursday May 25, 2017 @04:53PM (#14420081)
Your appliance 'router' can (and probably does) run a firewall to give you that kind of control. NAT never really gave you that.
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Re:A brief history of IPv4 address space exhaustion by linkregister on Thursday May 25, 2017 @03:55PM (#14419694)
Which devices are secure?
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Re:A brief history of IPv4 address space exhaustion by Spivak on Thursday May 25, 2017 @04:54PM (#14420087)
Certainly not the 'router' running your NAT.
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Re:A brief history of IPv4 address space exhaustion by bArray on Friday May 26, 2017 @09:49AM (#14423987)
Yep.
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