SNAT

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Stands for: source network address translation

Rewriting the client source address as traffic passes through a device.

Source network address translation makes connections appear to originate from the device's address rather than the client's. On BIG-IP it ensures return traffic comes back through the proxy, at the cost of hiding the original client IP from the server.

Also known as: snat, source nat

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