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Technical question on NAT vs. Proxy
Name: Keith Date: December 1, 2000 at 17:37:29 Pacific
Comment:
I've read the RFC on NAT and its different implementations, but I'm not sure which RFC will do the same for proxy, or at least highlight the main difference in execution between proxies and NAT. Any information would be much appreciated.
Name: Peer Date: December 1, 2000 at 20:23:51 Pacific
Reply:
NAT acts as the Gateway and the address is entered as is normal gateways, you can use almost any stadard TCP/IP or UDP/IP product. The NAT then routes it. Proxy is more limited and has one port open that you connect to for a certain service (WWW for example) and that machine then fufils the request. It is a lot less flexible in what you can run. But it is good for caching purposes and such.
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