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Date:      Sun, 19 May 1996 22:02:18 +1000 (EST)
From:      Carl Makin <cmakin@nla.gov.au>
To:        FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: ip masquerading 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.92.960519215951.29483A-100000@gadget.nla.gov.au>
In-Reply-To: <199605171833.LAA06526@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>

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On Fri, 17 May 1996, Doug White wrote:

> > Is ip masquerading available for FreeBSD?  I would like to route my Amiga (via

> AFAIK, FreeBSD doesn't provide this capability.  I doubt it ever will, since
> IP masqerading was considered "evil" by some of the group :-)

"evil" or not it's DAMN useful.  Not everyone sits on only one
class C that is easily internet connected.

How is it more evil than proxys or socks?

Carl.
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