Overheard in the tech blogosphere » NAT overloading http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard A Whatis.com blog Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:32:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Overheard – Port Address Translation (PAT) http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-port-address-translation-pat/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-port-address-translation-pat/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:46:00 +0000 Margaret Rouse http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/?p=3009 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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