From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 26 23:14:38 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id XAA29953 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 26 Apr 1996 23:14:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shell.aros.net (shell.aros.net [205.164.111.19]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA29947 for ; Fri, 26 Apr 1996 23:14:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from angio@localhost) by shell.aros.net (8.7.5/Unknown) id AAA15782; Sat, 27 Apr 1996 00:14:30 -0600 (MDT) From: Dave Andersen Message-Id: <199604270614.AAA15782@shell.aros.net> Subject: Re: Private address forwarding by BSD To: CPELTIER@iectech.com (Chris Peltier) Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 00:14:30 -0600 (MDT) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <96Apr26.204814edt.6146@netgate.iectech.com> from Chris Peltier at "Apr 26, 96 08:41:50 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL13 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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'."