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Re: ike source port (was: issues with IKE that need resolution)
> > > To be clear, the NAT box Gabriel is refering to is a Host NAT server.
> > > Host NAT server does not perform any address or port translation.
> > > Hope this helps.
> > >
> > If so, then whence the term "NAT"? Per RFC 1631 a NAT does address/port
> > translation.
> > --bill
>
> It is Host-NAT, not NAT. A host in a private network, when connecting to
> end-hosts outside its realm, could adapt Host Network Address Translation
> to avoid network address translation of end-to-end packets. Such a host
> is termed "Host NAT client".
>
> For details, I suggest, you refer NAR draft by Gabriel or the
> soon-to-be-posted draft-ietf-nat-terminology-01.txt. Thanks.
> suresh
For some reason, I am having trouble pulling a local copy of the
"soon-to-be-posted" draft-ietf-nat-terminology-01.txt :)
--bill
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