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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!netcom.com!stanb From: stanb@netcom.com (Stan Brown) Subject: Re: IP Masquerade in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <stanbE12JvC.17s@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #3 (NOV) References: <56ibgb$jgr@smash.gatech.edu> <328f7d9a.916853@news.iol.ie> Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 13:52:24 GMT Lines: 26 Sender: stanb@netcom2.netcom.com 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? -- Stan Brown stanb@netcom.com 404-996-6955 Factory Automation Systems Atlanta Ga. -- Look, look, see Windows 95. Buy, lemmings, buy! Pay no attention to that cliff ahead... Henry Spencer (c) 1996 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.