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    Re: Cisco NAT

    Notes regarding NAT; Network Address Translation The goal of NAT is to obfuscate addresses. Either source or destination addresses, and either inward or outward bound traffic. In order for NAT to work, it needs to be told several things. ============== 1 What source address(s) to use 2 What destination address(s) to use 3 What interface is considered the inside of a gateway 4 What interface is considered to be the outside of a gateway 5 Which of these ‘sides’ to obfuscate ============== Some of these items can inferred, while some must be explicitly provided. Take for instance a typical situation: One external IP address provided from the ISP with many…