Firewall and NAT

From: Alan Lim (urlucky1_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/16/03 

Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 10:18:42 +0800

Hi All,

I just wondering that a Broadband Router with NAT can act as a hardware
firewall ? Because NAT also hide the internal IP addresses. Can a hacker
hack to internal network? Please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks.

Regards,
Alan Lim
urlucky1@hotmail.com

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