Ch. 5.6

11 September 2022
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Network Address Translation (NAT)
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A method used by routers to translate multiple private IP addresses into a single registered IP address.
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Internal network
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The private network where devices use private IP addresses to communicate with each other.
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Internal address
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The private IP address that is translated to an external IP address by NAT.
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External network
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The public network that a NAT device connects to with a single public IP address.
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External address
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The public IP address that NAT uses to communicate with the external network.
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Port address transation
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An extension of NAT that associates a port number with a request from a private host.
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You have a small network at home that is connected to the Internet. On your home network you have a server with the IP address of 192.138.55.199/16. You have a single public address that is shared by all hosts on your private network. You want to configure the server as a Web server and allow Internet hosts to contact the server to browse a personal website. What should you use to allow access?
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Static NAT
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You are the network administrator for a small company that implements NAT to access the Internet. However, you recently acquired 5 servers that must be accessible from outside your network. Your ISP has provided you with 5 additional registered IP addresses to support these new servers but you don't want the public to access these servers directly. You want to place these servers behind your firewall on the inside network yet still allow them to be accessible to the public from the outside. Which method of NAT translation should you implement for these 5 servers?
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Static
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You want to connect your small company network to the Internet. Your ISP provides you with a single IP address that is to be shared between all hosts on your private network. You do not want external hosts to be able to initiate connection to internal hosts. What type of NAT should you implement?
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Dynamic
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Which of the following is not one of the IP address ranges defined in RFC 1918 that are commonly used bahind a NAT server?
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169.254.0.0 - 169.254.255.255
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Which of the following network devices or services prevents the use of IPSec in most cases?
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NAT
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Which of the following is NOT a benefit of NAT?
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Improving the throughput rate of traffic
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Static NAT
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Maps an internal IP address to a static port assignment or even to a specific public IP address.