Comment by bigstrat2003
18 days ago
> The truth of the matter is that NAT absolutely _is_ a firewall in _practice_.
No it's not. NAT is not ever a firewall. By definition it is not.
18 days ago
> The truth of the matter is that NAT absolutely _is_ a firewall in _practice_.
No it's not. NAT is not ever a firewall. By definition it is not.
What is the definition of a "firewall"?
And it doesn't really matter. You can call it "alksjfaliskdfgh" if you wish. The fact is, NAT adds a security barrier that is incredibly effective in practice.
But it really doesn't. If you turned off NAT your computers would have the exact same security as they do with NAT.
Wrong. If I turn off the NAT on my router, my computers will not be able to get online. If I turn off the IPv6 firewall on my router, I won't see anything unusual.
And yes, this has happened to me when I forgot to compile the IPv6 conntrack module.
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