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Subject: Re: Handling IP addressing conflicts with cascaded proxies
From: Paul Ferguson <pferguso @ cisco . com>
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 17:36:21 -0500
To: "MARC CHATEL @AEO" <chatel . marc @ a1_annecy . frmrc . aeo . mts . dec . com> (by way of hcb @ clark . net (Howard C. Berkowitz))
Cc: pier @ ISI . EDU, firewalls @ GreatCircle . com

At 11:34 AM 3/5/96 -0800, MARC CHATEL @AEO"  (by way of wrote:

>[originally posted to firewalls list; posted to PIER by permission]
>
>Hello all,
>
>I see that the subject of handling multiple occurrences of the
>same IP network numbers has come up again. We should make this
>part of the firewall FAQ, I guess...
>
>The most common cases where this occurs is an organization that
>has umpteen network numbers (which are not InterNIC-registered)
>that now needs to connect to the Internet in some way. What should be
>put in the middle of the connection that will support the fact that
>some IP addresses exist on BOTH sides of the configuration?
>

This is a classic example of where NAT [Network Address Translation] could
be easily and justifiably deployed. 

- paul

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