What is a security feature of using NAT on a network?

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What is a security feature of using NAT on a network?

  • allows external IP addresses to be concealed from internal users
  • allows internal IP addresses to be concealed from external users
  • denies all packets that originate from private IP addresses
  • denies all internal hosts from communicating outside their own network

Explanation: Network Address Translation (NAT) translates private addresses into public addresses for use on public networks. This feature prevents outside devices from seeing the actual IP addresses that are used by the internal hosts.

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