Re: Hiding NATs with PF

From: Max Bolingbroke (batterseapower_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/28/05 

Date: 28 Sep 2005 13:53:26 -0700

Greg Hennessy wrote:
> >Interesting, they don't cite that as a reason. What abuse could be
> >hidden by a NAT that could not be hidden by a single host with firewall
> >enabled?
>
> Nothing routing related, but as Simon also says, if your LAN is compromised
> with a hijacked system......

I see. I would have considered this only as bad as having a single
attached PC (no NAT) comprimised, but they may have their reasons..

Thanks for your help,

Max

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