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Re: NAT and Masquerading
Today, Semion Lisyansky blurbed:
> >NAT and IP Masquerading is the same thing.
>
> When I told NAT I meant the static NAT. I use IP NAT patch
> originally written by Michael Hassenstein for kernels 2.0.x
> and then ported to later kernel versions. IP Masquerading
> implements the dynamic NAT only.
I'm sorry... ate too much cottage cheese this week or something... to
much Calcium in my brain's arteries... what exactly is dynamic
Masquarading? are you refferring to the extra masq kernel modules to
help FTP and friends?
in any case, AFAIK there is no need for any extra code beyond what comes
with the kernel. use ipchains to config filtering and ipmasqadm (I
think) for masqing rules. I have no idea what the patch you mentioned
does, or what's special about your setup. please enlighten us.
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