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Date:      Thu, 15 Aug 1996 08:51:50 +1000 (EST)
From:      "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au>
To:        Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>
Cc:        Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>, sos@freebsd.org, jkh@time.cdrom.com, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ipfw vs ipfilter?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960815085015.6553C-100000@panda.hilink.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <199608142231.PAA00154@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Thu, 15 Aug 1996, Darren Reed wrote:

> In some mail from Julian Elischer, sie said:
> > 
> > sos@freebsd.org wrote:
> > > 
> > > In reply to Jordan K. Hubbard who wrote:
> > 
> > > I'm all for it !!
> > > It leaves the question what to do with julian's redirect code ??
> 
> I've been unwilling to join this conversation, but here I have to ask;
> what does "divert" do ?

In fact the divert functionality is already in ipfilter.  It simply takes 
a packet and diverts it to a nominated interface (e.g. tun0) rather than 
allowing it to pass through the normal routing tables.

Danny



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