[ILUG] NAT and NAF differences

[John P. Looney]

On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 11:14:36PM +0000, kevin lyda mentioned:
> On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 10:49:49PM +0000, Petra wrote:
> > I've learned my lesson......
> > 
> > Now I'll be able to go to work tomorrow and tell her that
> > NAF doesn't exist......It will be worth the argument.
> 
> for those who can actually get decent net performance (mine sucks today),
> search google on "network;address;folding".  there are some hits.

 For the lazy;

 It's using NAT to masquerade boxes behind the NAT box. You give your
NATting box a few IPs, and then NAT various external IP:port combos on
your NAT box to boxes behind it.

 In the Real World, NAF is called "IP Masquerading". And it uses NAT to do
the job.

Kate

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