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Subject: Re: [9fans] NAT
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> The first commerical NAT product, the Network Translation PIX Firewall
> was written using Plan 9.  Nat didn't bother us because the routers all
> trashed the IL anyway.
>
> Guess one of the reasons it was called Pix?

to mean Plan 9 (P - IX)? Right or wrong?

WOW, forget NAT. It feels good to know Plan 9 was used for building a
commercial network product.

Regards
dharani