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Subject: Re: Does natd(8) really need to see _all_ packets?
From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
To: Mikhail Teterin <mi+kde@aldan.algebra.com>
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On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 05:27, Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> This question bothered me for a while -- most of the traffic on my LAN
> is just that -- local. Yet my gw/firewall machine only has one interface
> -- with two IP addresses -- private and public on it.
> 
> The DSL modem is plugged into the switch just like everything else.
> 
> I doubt this is a unique setup.

It may not be unique, but it's certainly not very bright.  What resource
are you trying to conserve here, a $4 network interface?  If so, I can
give you a handful of them; one of the local office supply stores was
giving them away last December and I picked up several...

-- 
        Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?

Wes Peters                                               wes@softweyr.com


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