DocumentCode
791328
Title
Those pesky NATs [network address translators]
Author
Touch, Joseph D.
Volume
6
Issue
4
fYear
2002
Firstpage
96
Abstract
Whether buried deep inside ISPs, or camouflaged as DSL routers, network address translators (NATs) have become a ubiquitous tool in the Internet landscape. NATs enable telco and cable operators to prevent commercial use of consumer accounts. They also let home users run open community access wireless networks off a single purchased account. It is what NATs disable, however, that makes them nefarious. The paper considers how NATs work and the problems created by them.
Keywords
Internet; protocols; ISP; Internet; NAT; consumer accounts; home users; network address translators; networked computers; open community access wireless networks; protocols; Business; Computer networks; DSL; IP networks; Internet; Intersymbol interference; Network address translation; Protocols; Telecommunication traffic; Wireless networks;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Internet Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1089-7801
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MIC.2002.1020334
Filename
1020334
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