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[Roy Smith]

In article <8f19e20c-4f77-43dc-a732-4169e482d2b2 at googlegroups.com>,
 John Ladasky <john_ladasky at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> A perfectly fair point, Roy.  It's just when you started suggesting 
> connecting to your neighbor's file server -- well, that's not something that 
> many people would ordinarily do.  So, my mind leaped to the possibility of 
> uninvited connections.
> 
> Related question: would denial-of-service attacks be more pernicious without 
> a NAT?

Not really.  If I know the external IP address of your NAT box, I can 
throw as much traffic at it as your internet connection will deliver.  
Assuming you have sufficient bandwidth, eventually I'll melt down your 
router.  This is equally true with NAT or without it.