[mdlug-discuss] NAT != security, right?

[Durant, Dean]

My point is, if you have a private IP space, 10.x.y.z, people cannot attack you directly on your IP.  

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Subject: Re: [mdlug-discuss] NAT != security, right?

Durant, Dean wrote:
>
> Hello, in the "should we go to IPv6" debate, ordinary people, when you
> tell them, everything will be connectable, ask, well, what about security?
>
> Then the NAT lovers come along and say, see, there's a good reason to
> have NAT.
>
> Thoughts?
>

Is IPv6 any less secure than IPv4?

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