Shared IP addresses are making it hard to track cybercrime, says Europol

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CGN means that multiple users share an IP address
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CGN means that multiple users share an IP address

Carrier Grade CGN mitigates IPv4's address exhaustion but makes criminals harder to track

Europe's law enforcement agency, Europol, has issued a warning about and called for an end to Carrier Grade Network Address Translation (CGN) technologies, which make it difficult to identify internet...

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