confused!

jasonandashley1

ok, so what exactly is the differrence b/w NAT and a web proxy?

lordy

NAT applies to all outgoing connections (HTTP, SMTP, POP3, etc.) and works on OSI Layer 3.

A classical web proxy only applies to HTTP connections and works on OSI Layer 7.

HTH.
Lordy

Webmaster

jasonandashley1 wrote:

ok, so what exactly is the differrence b/w NAT and a web proxy?

Read this one for more information:
www.techexams.net/technotes/networkplus/internetconnections.shtml

pretty_boy

Think of A Proxy as Securtiy verison of NAT. A Proxy is a Application firewall. NAT is just used for connectivity, if i remeber correctly.