Block all servers?

Tue Oct 14 18:16:58 UTC 2003

At 6:30 PM +0200 10/14/03, Stefan Mink wrote:
>On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 08:28:11AM -0700, ken emery wrote:
>>  > I use IPSEC and it works fine behind NAT.
>>
>>  Yes, it does work, on a small scale.  However what if your neighbor
>>  wants to IPSEC to the same place (say you work at the same place).
>>  If both of you are NAT'd from the same IP address trying to IPSEC
>>  to the same IP address?  I don't believe things will work in this
>>  instance.
>
>why not? We use it here, works fine (with certificates for auth).

 From what I've seen it depends on whether the NAT has specific 
support for IPSEC, and if that support includes support for multiple 
clients.  The NAT box has to keep track of the mapping.  I've seen 
NATs priced based on how many VPN clients they support at a time.

See http://www.dslreports.com/faq/4638
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