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Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 13:04:40 -0700
From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>
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To: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>
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Subject: Re: IP Masquerading
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> In other words, it's a really nasty sort of proxy/NAT hybrid.
> 
> > Now, IP masquerading is true for Linux, and quite proven to work in my own
> > trials, but my question is about freeBSD, wondering whether the same kind of
> > support is or will be planned in the future.
> 
> Not if I have anything to do with it.

It sounds very useful, so why are you against it?


Nate