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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!oleane!in2p3.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!howland.erols.net!swrinde!news-relay.us.dell.com!pmafire!mars.hyperk.com!darkstar!cmott From: Charles Mott <cmott@srv.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: "Masquerading is evil" Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 16:42:57 -0600 Organization: SRVnet, Inc. Lines: 27 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960812161957.13996B-100000@darkstar> NNTP-Posting-Host: ras132.srv.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: cmott@darkstar I have completed an IP masqerading adaptation to the user mode ppp program distributed with FreeBSD. The software may be found at: http://www.srv.net/~cmott/alias.html I was intrigued by an earlier comment that "masqerading is evil." What did this mean? Having gone through a ground-up implementation, I have some idea what the author of this statement meant. My own judgment is that masquerading is imperfect, but very useful in certain situations. If you send any e-mail to me, please be advised that I will be on business travel for a while and may not be able to respond very quickly. Charles Mott