From owner-freebsd-security Mon Sep 4 22:57:37 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mailhost01.reflexnet.net (mailhost01.reflexnet.net [64.6.192.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82ABD37B423 for ; Mon, 4 Sep 2000 22:57:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com ([64.6.211.149]) by mailhost01.reflexnet.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.197.19); Mon, 4 Sep 2000 22:56:02 -0700 Received: (from cjc@localhost) by 149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA00344; Mon, 4 Sep 2000 22:57:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 22:57:04 -0700 From: "Crist J . Clark" To: begj@core.schoolnet.sc.ug Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Natd Message-ID: <20000904225704.C69158@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from begj@core.schoolnet.sc.ug on Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 08:38:21AM +0300 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 08:38:21AM +0300, begj@core.schoolnet.sc.ug wrote: > I'm quite new to Network Address Translation on FreeBSD 4.1-Stable but I > managed to get it running and I now use that box as a gateway. One thing > that pertubs me is the message that natd gives saying that it "failed to > write a packet back. Host is down" IIRC, that is what you get when the ARP fails for a local machine. In other words, you most frequently see it when (a) you try to talk to a local host that is not there, (b) that local host is misconfigured or broken, (c) your machine is broken, or (d) there is something physically wrong with the connection on the LAN. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message