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Can someone explain to me why NAT is not enough for security?
Networking noob here. I want to prevent all incoming requests except through a specific port, and that traffic is forwarded to a specific device on the network. NAT seems to do that just fine, it's almost like a kind of firewall by itself. What kind of threats are there that requires more than just NAT for security?
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If you want to be very secure, host a VPN and don’t open any ports besides the VPN port. Then access anything as though you’re on LAN.