Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 00:14:30 -0600 (MDT) From: Dave Andersen <angio@aros.net> To: CPELTIER@iectech.com (Chris Peltier) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Private address forwarding by BSD Message-ID: <199604270614.AAA15782@shell.aros.net> In-Reply-To: <96Apr26.204814edt.6146@netgate.iectech.com> from Chris Peltier at "Apr 26, 96 08:41:50 pm"
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FreeBSD will forward the packets in the manner you would expect. If you _don't_ want this behavior, use the ipfw (ip firewall) utilities. -Dave Andersen Lo and behold, Chris Peltier once said: > > We are building a private WAN behind an application gateway and would like > to use "Private Addresses" as described in RFC1597. We have several FreeBSD > machines which also act as routers. > > The question is: Does FreeBSD forward ip packets for private networks (using > private addressing and assuming the routing tables are correct) or does it > reject them? > > -- Chris Peltier > -- angio@aros.net Complete virtual hosting and business-oriented system administration Internet services. (WWW, FTP, email) http://www.aros.net/ http://www.aros.net/about/virtual "There are only two industries that refer to thier customers as 'users'."
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