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Date:      Fri, 1 Aug 1997 14:31:28 +0300 (EET DST)
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua>
To:        cmott@srv.net (Charles Mott)
Cc:        brian@awfulhak.org, ru@ucb.crimea.ua, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, ari.suutari@ps.carel.fi
Subject:   Re: NATD -use_sockets option question
Message-ID:  <199708011131.OAA28684@relay.ucb.crimea.ua>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970731205955.4514A-100000@darkstar> from "Charles Mott" at Jul 31, 97 09:41:10 pm

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Hi, Charles!

You wrote:

> Ruslan,
> 
> For most users, the "use_sockets" option should be enabled (this is
> the default).  There are certain cases when the FreeBSD machine is being
> only as a router that it is not necessary. 

So, I should use this option only in the case that IP address used by
NATd is also used for host machine (the NATd is runnning on). Right?

> I have written a (long) man page for the packet aliasing library which
> attempts to explain the meaning of a "partially specified aliasing link"
> in an appendix.  I sent this man page to the FreeBSD organization but I
> don't know if it has been included into the -current source tree yet. 

What exactly man page did you send? natd(8)? or what?
Can you send me a copy of it?

One more question: what about `ntalk' special support just as ftp & irc?
It would be so great...

Thanks in advance,
-- 
Ruslan A. Ermilov	System Administrator
ru@ucb.crimea.ua	United Commercial Bank
+380-652-247 647	Simferopol, Crimea



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