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cyberaxtoday at 8:01 AM1 replyview on HN

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.


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bandramitoday at 10:31 AM

But it really doesn't. If you turned off NAT your computers would have the exact same security as they do with NAT.