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From: brian@anorak.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: PPP Masquerading in FreeBSD Distributions?
Date: 2 Dec 1996 14:15:14 -0000
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In article <Pine.BSF.3.91.961127181207.9864B-100000@darkstar>,
Charles Mott <cmott@srv.net> writes:
: Both in newsgroup postings and in private e-mail, the question has come up
: about whether to add packet aliasing (IP masquerading) to the standard
: version of user ppp, potentially in either the release or development
: source trees.
:
: There is demand among users for this function. In a FreeBSD distribution,
: I would suggest that it be invoked with "-alias" (or possibly "-masq") in
: the command line startup of ppp. That way, the same ppp.conf file and ppp
: executable could be used with or without masquerading.
I agree.
: I have neither the experience nor inclination needed for submitting code
: to the FreeBSD Central Committee (or should I say Politburo?). For those
: who are interested in doing this, it is simple to merge the code with
: versions of ppp later than 2.1.5-RELEASE, which is the source base I
: worked from.
I'm willing to do the merge - along with adding the ability in
/etc/ppp.linkup to have a "!command" syntax available, I just don't have
the experience of submitting code.
I'll RTFAQ and get back.
: Packet aliasing software available at:
: http://www.srv.net/~cmott/alias.html
--
Brian <brian%anorak.coverform.lan@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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