On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 10:08:56AM -0500, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > > " Stateless NAT is useful in controlled environments where > > restrictions are placed on through traffic such that we > > don't need connection tracking to correctly NAT > > protocol-specific data. > > What restrictions would those be? The only one I can think of > is when the NATting is 1-to-1 with respect to internal and > external IPs.
Yes, 1:1 mapping is the primary restriction I'm thinking of, especially in asymetric routing environments I mentioned earlier. -Adam
