When designing products or protocols, there's often a trade-off to be made. Often, it's in favor of convenience instead of ...

Just ask any economist: When a commodity is in short supply, several things happen. The price goes up, rationing begins, and people start scrambling for substitutes. Globally unique Internet addresses ...

THE FAST-GROWING use of the Internet led to a shortage of IP addresses. To deal with this problem, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) defined NAT (Network Address Translation), which is a way ...

6 Types of Network Address Translation: Which One to Use? Your email has been sent Even though we’re no longer running out of IP addresses, Network Address Translation still plays a vital role. Learn ...