Before we turn to our analysis of CRA lending data, we have two important points to note regarding the CRA and its possible connection to the current mortgage crisis. The first point is a matter of timing. The current crisis is rooted in the poor performance of mortgage loans made between 2005 and 2007.
The three different NAT types are Open, Moderate, and Strict. Your NAT type is typically the result of the network you are using to connect to the Internet, and influenced by the settings or features of the router or gateway on that network.
What Is Network Address Translation? NAT was originally developed as an interim solution to combat IPv4 address depletion by allowing globally registered IP addresses to be re-used or shared by several hosts. The classic NAT defined by RFC 1631 [3] maps IP addresses from one realm to another. Although it can be used to translate between any two address realms, NAT is most often used to map IPs from the nonroutable private address spaces defined by RFC 1918 [4] , shown below.