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From: krzysztof <cs052279@yahoo.com>
Subject: NAT security
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Hello, 

A couple questions from a newbie.

     Are there any advantages to running NAT on my
firewall?  

Could I just set my machine as a gateway, use IPFilter
and not have my machine do NAT?  Would this be
possible to do with multiple machines behind my
firewall or do I need translation?

Does having a real IP address as opposed to a NATed
address pose any great threats?

Thank You
Krzysztof

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