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Does NAT provide security?

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Mar 15, 20267837 views

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I'm following discussions about the IPv4->IPv6 transition, and IPv6 doesn't seem to like NAT at all. I've always thought that NAT was helpful in v4 for some security, I know it doesn't really hide the computers but it makes them harder to get to, certainly it makes it easy to limit access to ports …

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NAT allows a certain type of security, in that people outside of your network can not initiate connections to the inside of your network. This cuts down on worms and other classes of malware. This helps some. Things it doesn't help: Other malware fr…

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Does NAT provide security?

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