Reply to post: Re: We'd have plenty of IPs

One IP address, multiple SSL sites? Beating the great IPv4 squeeze

ravenstar68

Re: We'd have plenty of IPs

"NAT is now the standard for internal corporate use as it is the basis for first level firewalling."

While I don't disagree with the statement, NAT was not designed to be a firewall. It was designed to make the internet last longer.

The term "NAT Firewall", was I suspect coined by marketers.

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