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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!news.apana.org.au!cantor.edge.net.au!news.teragen.com.au!news.access.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.easystreet.com!not-for-mail From: tedm@agora.rdrop.com (Ted Mittelstaedt) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: IP Masquerading possible? Perhaps transparent proxies? Date: 5 Mar 1997 08:05:04 GMT Organization: Cool Dudes Inc. Lines: 18 Message-ID: <5fj9fg$sjg$2@easystreet03> References: <5f637n$n93@news.gvsu.edu> <5fgpbn$b7d$4@easystreet03> <5fhluh$r24@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: sunnet.portsoft.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6+ Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:36597 In article <5fhluh$r24@ui-gate.utell.co.uk>, brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org (Brian Somers) says: > > >Also on Charles Motts site is the natd program (soon to be part of >-current). It sits on an arbitrary IP or interface and does all the >nice things that Charles Motts stuff does (using the same code). >It's written by Ari Suutari <ari.suutari@ps.carel.fi>, and works >with 2.2 and 3.0. > I noticed that, and I'm wondering what the difference is between that and ipfw is. It seems as all these translation programs use each other's code, and I don't understand the point of putting all the effort into them when NAT is really something that should be an integral part of the distribution in the first place. Do these different approaches really have pros and cons? It seems as though they all are doing the same thing.