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The use case is in a local datacenter, with a NAT-ed IP not exposed to the main web



A firewalled IP would be much more appropriate, and NAT is not a firewall or a security mechanism.


Same thing, more-or-less. And NAT is effectively a firewall for inbound traffic, even if a lot of people say it isn't.




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