From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 19 9: 6:24 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from draenor.org (draenor.org [196.36.119.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44DAA37B401 for ; Thu, 19 Jul 2001 09:06:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcs@draenor.org) Received: from marcs by draenor.org with local (Exim 3.31 #1) id 15NGJB-0008xb-00; Thu, 19 Jul 2001 18:05:49 +0200 Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 18:05:49 +0200 From: Marc Silver To: Ceri Cc: User & Ian Patrick Thomas , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ppp -nat or natd? Message-ID: <20010719180549.F27226@draenor.org> References: <014d01c10ebc$fe3ee5e0$0200a8c0@mark2> <3B554F28.89960778@i-clue.de> <20010718122504.C22510@cartman.techsupport.co.uk> <20010718191915.C51074@localhost> <20010719151836.B28635@cartman.techsupport.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010719151836.B28635@cartman.techsupport.co.uk>; from ceri@techsupport.co.uk on Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 03:18:36PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hey there, Thanks for sending this. I've been meaning to change this, but haven't got around to it as I'm currently in the middle of moving continents. I will submit a patch within the next day or so. Cheers, Marc On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 03:18:36PM +0100, Ceri wrote: > On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 07:19:15PM -0400, User & Ian Patrick Thomas said: > > As it was put forth by Ceri on Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 12:25:04PM +0100... > > > On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 10:56:08AM +0200, Christoph Sold said: > > > > Anyhow, having an external dynamic IP combined with ipfw would be a > > > > major hassle. > > > > > > Why ? > > > Can't you just use the -u and -dynamic flags to natd and use the interface > > > name in your ipfw ruleset ? > > > > > > I'm not having a go, but I'm going to be in this situation soon and that was > > > my plan. Will it not work ? > > > > > You can use ipfw fairly easily with a dynamic IP externally. Check out > > this link > > > > www.freebsd.org/tutorials/dialup-firewall/index.html > > Excellent, that's pretty much exactly what I had planned (except for the > PPP bit - this is going to be on a cable modem). > I just got a freaked out when Christoph said it was hassle. > > By the way, the section regarding options TCP_RESTRICT_RST needs updating as > that option no longer exists (hence cc'd to marcs@draenor.org). > > Ceri > > -- > # There is this special biologist word we use for 'stable'. > # It is 'dead'. -- Jack Cohen -- Change will happen whether we're still or moving... -- Toad the Wet Sprocket To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message