Re:By installing NAT, MIT stifles innovation
by Symbiote on Monday June 26, 2017 @02:01PM
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> behind NAT/firewalls
These are two separate things.
There is no security difference between "route port 80 of one of our public IPs through to my NATted address" and "open port 80 for my public address".
The public addresses are easier to administrate, troubleshoot, log, etc.
Re:By installing NAT, MIT stifles innovation
by davidmr on Monday June 26, 2017 @02:27PM
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I agree. I meant the / to indicate that either one or a combination would have been helpful in different ways, but I certainly could have phrased it better.
These are two separate things.
There is no security difference between "route port 80 of one of our public IPs through to my NATted address" and "open port 80 for my public address".
The public addresses are easier to administrate, troubleshoot, log, etc.