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From: mvdhend@gatekeeper.ddp.state.me.us (Darren Henderson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: IP Masquerade in FreeBSD?
Date: 21 Nov 1996 22:02:34 GMT
Organization: Maine State Government
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Stan Brown (stanb@netcom.com) wrote:
: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers) writes:
: I would like to see this code included in the FreeBSD base
: distribution. Linux has this functionality in it's base distribution,
I agree.
Actually I'd like to see it made part of the kernel mode ppp. I've read
the philosophical objections and arguments posted here but I disagree with
them. IP masquerading would be a very valuable tool to have and if someone
with the talent for it can implement it for FreeBSD and wants to do the
work it should be included.
While I understand the debate, sometimes practicality has to win out.
ISP's don't like to give subnets away for free. Socks5 works as long as
you have clients but they are in a minority. So you have to do something
like use sockscaps on a windows machine and cross your fingers. IP
addresses are a scarce commodity and with a little fudging this makes all
our lives easier.
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Darren Henderson darren@katahdin.bmv.state.me.us
darren.henderson@state.me.us