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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
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Subject: Re: Netware gateway.
To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith)
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 95 12:04:06 MDT
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> Nope.  Run winsock stacks doing native IP over ethernet alongside the 
> IPX/whatever stack, put the FreeBSD box on the ethernet with the serial 
> link out; put all of the internal systems on a fake IP net, disable
> routing on the FreeBSD box, and run a socks proxy on it.
> 
> Presto; instant firewall, easy net access.  You can run all your mail
> on the FreeBSD box using pop or imap, and with appropriate clients
> you can still talk out.  You can put the CERN proxy httpd on the 
> FreeBSD system as well, and take advantage of an organisation-wide
> web cache.
> 
> This is easy to set up, and a very popular use for FreeBSD systems around 
> here.

It neglects the additional negotiation that takes place for the NOVIX
tunneling NLM.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@cs.weber.edu
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