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From: wjolitz@soda.berkeley.edu (William F. Jolitz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Help: Routing Problem on 386BSD
Message-ID: <14upkcINN9fb@agate.berkeley.edu>
Date: 26 Jul 92 18:07:08 GMT
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Oops, you've spotted another 0.1 oversight. By default, BSD system's
*DON'T* act as routers, primarily for network security reasons (it's
unwise for people to unknowingly have routers that can be exploited ..
enough said on this, ask your site/network manager about details if
this is still obtuse).

To enable, define GATEWAY as an option and recompile. This was to be
(will be in future versions) a compiled in, binary configurable option.
Sorry. This little items are why the release number is pegged at "0" !

Bill.