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From: stanb@netcom.com (Stan Brown)
Subject: Re: IP Masquerade in FreeBSD?
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sdrumm@iol.ie (Stephen Drumm) writes:

>mdaniel@warpedportal.gt.ed.net (Matthew L Daniel) wrote:

>>  I ask this because from what I have heard, FreeBSD is far superior in
>>MOST </flamebait> networking.. I would be interested in seeing the
>>difference between the two, but this IP Masquerading is very important in
>>our environment.

>Matthew,

>Have a look at   http://www.srv.net/~cmott/alias.html


	I have installed this solution, and am *most* pleased with it. What I
	don't understand, is why this is not being implemented as a standard
	part of FreeBSD.

	Can anyone comment on why this is not in the works?


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