Re: ADSL router capable of multiple VPN connections to same server?

2003-10-02 Thread Matthew Gregan
On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 12:55:38AM +1200, David Zanetti wrote: > NAT does not what? NAT does not work with all IP protocols. > Which is the same effect in address overloaded NAT. There's no > functional difference between the tables being maintained by > connection tracking for a non-NAT connec

Re: ADSL router capable of multiple VPN connections to same server?

2003-10-01 Thread David Zanetti
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, Matthew Gregan wrote: > On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 04:41:21PM +1200, David Zanetti wrote: > > > That depends on a lot of factors and exactly what you define as a > > "packet filter" or a "firewall". > > Yes, and it depends what you

Re: ADSL router capable of multiple VPN connections to same server?

2003-10-01 Thread Matthew Gregan
On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 10:06:59PM +1200, wrote: I cleverly sent a half-baked reply earlier thanks to my quick fingers. > > A stateless packet filter will provide very little protection > > against inbound data, due to it's lack of state awareness. In order > > for a stateless filter to work, yo

Re: ADSL router capable of multiple VPN connections to same server?

2003-10-01 Thread Matthew Gregan
On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 04:41:21PM +1200, David Zanetti wrote: > That depends on a lot of factors and exactly what you define as a > "packet filter" or a "firewall". Yes, and it depends what you define "NAT" as, too. Are we talking source NAT, destination NAT, both src and dst NAT, port address