[Cialug] Slightly OT - IPv6 sillyness
L. V. Lammert
lvl at omnitec.net
Wed Jul 9 16:42:53 CDT 2014
On Wed, 9 Jul 2014, Daniel A. Ramaley wrote:
> Why is that the "best" way? A lot of IPv4 fans confuse firewalling and
> NAT. Almost all NAT implementations include a firewall. But the NAT part
> is not actually needed to protect your network. All you really need is a
> firewall. The NAT part is really just a layer of security through
> obscurity.
>
That's why it is the *first* layer of security, ..
Lee
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