| NAT solves the problem of shortage of IPv4 addresses. Only by accident, does it have security properties. The appropriate countermeasure is a firewall. |
| •owl:Thing |
| •sec:Countermeasure |
| •sec:SecureNetworkCommunication |
| •sec:NAT |
| •sec:TechnologyMistakenlyUsedAsCountermeasure |
| •sec:NAT |
| dc:description | Network Address Translation, an Internet standard that enables a local-area network (LAN) to use one set of IP addresses for internal traffic and a second set of addresses for external traffic. A NAT box located where the LAN meets the Internet makes all necessary IP address translations. NAT security purpose: to provide a type of firewall by hiding internal IP addresses. (Webopedia) |
Class(sec:NAT partial sec:SecureNetworkCommunication
sec:TechnologyMistakenlyUsedAsCountermeasure
restriction(sec:protects allValuesFrom(intersectionOf(sec:_Prevention
sec:_Confidentiality
sec:_HostOnIntranet)))
restriction(sec:protects someValuesFrom(intersectionOf(sec:_Prevention
sec:_Confidentiality
sec:_HostOnIntranet))))