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Date:      Mon, 31 Mar 1997 20:29:51 -0800 (PST)
From:      Wes Santee <wes@bogon.net>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Uses for divert sockets?
Message-ID:  <199704010429.UAA02319@kryten.bogon.net>

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'Lo all.  The new ipdivert sockets in 2.2 sound great, but I'm not
quite sure just what I can accomplish with them outside of address
translation.  Is it just for packet altering, or can entire
connections be redirected?

For example, let's say I want some incomming connections to port 25 to
be diverted to another "special" MTA running on another port (to deal
with known spam sites "properly", for instance).  Is it possible using
divert and ipfw to do this?  Or is divert pretty much only for dealing
with raw IP packets that get injected back into the stream to end up
at their intended destination?

If divert sockets aren't capable of doing this, is there any other
mechanism available to perform these kinds of tasks?

Cheers,
-- 
( Wes Santee                    PGP: e-mail w/Subject: "Send PGP Key" )
( mailto:wes@bogon.net                                                )



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