Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 08:10:15 -0400 From: David Heller <dheller1@rochester.rr.com> To: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: natd, ftp, two ethernet cards Message-ID: <37E8C727.6290C1F7@rochester.rr.com> References: <199909220531.BAA26383@rtfm.newton>
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Mikhail Teterin wrote: > Can someone, whose setup resembles what's listed in the subject, please, > send his/her firewall rules and the /etc/natd.conf? > > Searching through the mailing lists, brings up only cries for help (like > this one), or confident responses like: "yeah, of course, just read the > natd(8)". Well, natd is NOT easy to understand, unfortunately. I need to > let the machines on my home LAN ftp out (to install FreeBSD over ftp, > for example). Being able to access my ISP's (MediaOne) news-server would > be nice too. > > Thanks a lot! > > -mi > > P.S. My favorite part of natd(8) is this: > > -redirect_port proto targetIP:targetPORT[-targetPORT] [aliasIP:]alias- > PORT[-aliasPORT] [remoteIP[:remotePORT[-remotePORT]]] Redirect > incoming connections arriving to given port(s) to another host > and port(s). Proto is either tcp or udp, targetIP is the > desired target IP number, targetPORT is the desired target > PORT number or range, aliasPORT is the requested PORT number > or range, and aliasIP is the aliasing address. RemoteIP > and remotePORT can be used to specify the connection more > accurately if necessary. The targetPORT range and aliasPORT > range need not be the same numerically, but must have the same > size. If remotePORT is not specified, it is assumed to be all > ports. If remotePORT is specified, it must match the size of > targetPORT, or be 0 (all ports). For example, the argument > > How can one tell the difference between "the desired" and "the > requested"?! > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Mikhail Check this out: http://www.freebsdzine.org/199901/features/ipfilter.html The article should give you every thing you need to start. Yes the man pages were written for people who have a computer science degree !! Best of Luck, Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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