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Nov 19 2009 3:46PM GMT
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
CCNA Training, NAT, NAT overloading, PAT, Port Address Translation
Overheard – Port Address Translation (PAT)
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
CCNA Training, NAT, NAT overloading, PAT, Port Address Translation
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As soon as you start using private addresses and PAT in your network, you lose one of the important security features: accountability. If a rogue user of your network is attacking an outside server, it’s close to impossible to identify him…Apache, the most popular open-source Web server, does not log port numbers.
Ivan Pepelnjak, Avoiding private IP security risks in public networks |
Today’s WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Port Address Translation.
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