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Re: [nznog] Web Servers: Dual-homing or DNAT/Port Forwarding?


From: Larry Sheldon <LarrySheldon () cox net>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 18:47:07 -0600

On 12/10/2013 4:30 PM, Geraint Jones wrote:

Number 1 gets you thinking along the IPv6 route (no pun, and imho :) )
since you have to treat each boxes as if it was public.

I see this kind of statement surprisingly often. Having a public address
doesn't make a device public.

Yes it does,

Glad to hear that. We (the family, 8 of us, and the 4 dogs will be arriving at your house, with its public address, in time for your Christmas dinner and we will be staying at least through your New Years eve party--maybe longer depending on the weather here.

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                                        of System Administrators:
Ex turpi causa non oritur actio      Infallibility, and the ability to
                                        learn from their mistakes.
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