From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 19 05:02:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id FAA20719 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 19 May 1996 05:02:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ilms.nla.gov.au (ilms.nla.gov.au [192.102.239.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id FAA20714 for ; Sun, 19 May 1996 05:02:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gadget.nla.gov.au (cmakin@gadget.nla.gov.au [192.102.239.85]) by ilms.nla.gov.au (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id VAA101206 for ; Sun, 19 May 1996 21:59:09 +1000 Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 22:02:18 +1000 (EST) From: Carl Makin To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ip masquerading In-Reply-To: <199605171833.LAA06526@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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. -- Carl Makin (VK1KCM) C.Makin@nla.gov.au 'Work +61 6 262 1576' "Speaking for myself only!" 'The entire concept of daylight savings time is like trying to make yourself taller by cutting off your head and standing on it.' - Usenet Oracle