Re: Routers vs. Firewalls

From: Munpe Q (funyon_at_gmail.com)
Date: 03/29/05 

Date: 28 Mar 2005 19:49:54 -0800

By the way, when you (Leythos) say "they can map IP to IP" that is
still NAT, just not PAT. Good firewall's can be in NAT/PAT, true
routing, or transparent. Home 'routers' are never truly routers. Dig.

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