Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 12:53:34 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, gary@palmer.demon.co.uk, paul@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netware gateway. Message-ID: <199508150323.MAA23555@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <9508141804.AA16504@cs.weber.edu> from "Terry Lambert" at Aug 14, 95 12:04:06 pm
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Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > > > Nope. Run winsock stacks doing native IP over ethernet alongside the > > IPX/whatever stack, put the FreeBSD box on the ethernet with the serial > > link out; put all of the internal systems on a fake IP net, disable > > routing on the FreeBSD box, and run a socks proxy on it. > > > > Presto; instant firewall, easy net access. You can run all your mail > > on the FreeBSD box using pop or imap, and with appropriate clients > > you can still talk out. You can put the CERN proxy httpd on the > > FreeBSD system as well, and take advantage of an organisation-wide > > web cache. > > > > This is easy to set up, and a very popular use for FreeBSD systems around > > here. > > It neglects the additional negotiation that takes place for the NOVIX > tunneling NLM. IIRC, the desire was to connect a pile of WfW boxes on a Novell network to the 'net, not to bridge two Novell networks across the 'net. Using IPX/SPX for any part of this is a Bad Idea, on the KISS principle. > Terry Lambert -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[
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