Why “Nat” is being discussed
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by verobytes · Sep 2, 2026
> NAT and a firewall are 2 different things Exactly. Which is the issue with saying, as the article does, that NAT is the reason most people don't have an Internet visible serve…
by pdonis · Sep 1, 2026
> Furthermore the newer protocols like NAT make an even clearer technical distinction, clients can have no dedicated ipv4, but servers must retain that property. See? They are d…
by Sha1rholder · Sep 1, 2026
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by tfehring · Sep 1, 2026
I agree that there is no technical difference in the original ipv4 standard. There is one in the og tcp standard though. Server, listening, ports are well known, and they uhh li…
by TZubiri · Sep 1, 2026
It's sadly the only practical way to do things now. For client/server, you only need one party (the server) to not be behind CGNAT. For p2p, you need both parties to not be…
by mort96 · Sep 1, 2026
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