Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 20:45:21 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Tony Landells" <ahl@austclear.com.au>, "Nick Rogness" <nick@rogness.net> Cc: "Chris Hardie" <chris@summersault.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Confusion about router/firewall traffic from router itself Message-ID: <00e301c0cf95$a64cc660$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <200104270346.NAA26236@tungsten.austclear.com.au>
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Even better is use of "IP Unnumbered" but unfortunately it appears that FreeBSD doesen't support this Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Tony Landells >Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 8:46 PM >To: Nick Rogness >Cc: Chris Hardie; questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: Confusion about router/firewall traffic from router itself > > >nick@rogness.net said: >> Your ISP connects to you with a non-routeable IPs????? > >Isn't it a great idea? > >Most point-to-point (WAN) links are an inconvenience that you wish >could be made invisible but need addresses, so why not use "invisible" >RFC 1918 addresses for them? > >Of course, there's a huge "opportunity" to stuff things up monumentally >by advertising routing for these links (which would attract rubbish >from all over the place), and it's a huge inconvenience for those that >want to do what Chris has done and plug the link straight into his >firewall. > >Cheers, >Tony >-- >Tony Landells <ahl@austclear.com.au> >Senior Network Engineer Ph: +61 3 9677 9319 >Australian Clearing Services Pty Ltd Fax: +61 3 9677 9355 >Level 4, Rialto North Tower >525 Collins Street >Melbourne VIC 3000 >Australia > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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