On Monday 13 January 2003 11:05 am, Filip Sneppe wrote: > One possible disadvantage of NAT is that it may render > your network topology a bit less clear/intuitive for some > people... And some people would consider this a job security advantage... :^) With good documentation and liberal comments in the firewall script this shouldn't be an issue, though, at least for the people who need to understand it anyway. Just write up some notes on the setup, print out them and the firewalls script, and keep them in a 3-ring binder. The apparent organization of everything usually looks good, and almost always makes return engagements much easier. (6 months from now something that made perfect sense today may look completely cryptic) j