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Date:      Tue, 16 Dec 1997 17:37:22 -0500
From:      Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu>
To:        Ben Hockenhull <benh@blues.jpj.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: natd
Message-ID:  <19971216173722.34492@crh.cl.msu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.971216173332.5433A-100000@blues.jpj.net>; from Ben Hockenhull on Tue, Dec 16, 1997 at 05:36:01PM -0500
References:  <19971216165404.40245@crh.cl.msu.edu> <Pine.BSI.3.95.971216173332.5433A-100000@blues.jpj.net>

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On the subject of Re: natd, Ben Hockenhull stated:

> On Tue, 16 Dec 1997, Charles Henrich wrote:
> 
> > How does natd know not to translate addresses coming in from the "wrong"
> > interface?  I.e:
> > 
> > 
> > [internet] <--> [ed0] (host) [ed1] <--> InternalNet
> > 
> > All of the firewall rules and everything else seems to require ed0 be
> > specified for NATD to operate correctly, However, how does natd understand
> > that it shouldnt be translating (say 10. addresses) coming in off of the
> > internet?
> 
> Well, for starters, 10.x.x.x addresses shouldn't be coming in off the
> Internet. :)
> 
> You specify what packets from what interface to divert to the natd socket in
> rc.firewall.  That combined with the unregistered_only option in natd should
> take care of it.

Which should mean divert is diverting ed1 packets in the above example, but if
I tell divert to do ed1, it doesnt work..  

-Crh

       Charles Henrich     Michigan State University     henrich@msu.edu

                         http://pilot.msu.edu/~henrich



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