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Date:      Fri, 23 Feb 2001 21:03:33 -0600
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        Mikko Tyolajarvi <mikko@dynas.se>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Ipfw with dial-up
Message-ID:  <14999.9349.800345.298587@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <91616521@toto.iv>

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Mikko Tyolajarvi <mikko@dynas.se> types:
> In local.freebsd.questions you write:
> However, does the tutorial really say that you should use natd and
> ipfw with a dial-up ppp connection?  The "ppp" program can do NAT
> as well as packet filtering.  The filtering is less advanced than
> that of ipfw, but adequate as a basic firewall.
> 
> Check ppp(8) and /usr/share/examples/ppp/ppp.conf.sample.

Check the natd(8) man page, last sentence of the first paragraph:

	It is intended for use with NICs - if you want to do NAT on a
	PPP link, use the -nat switch to ppp(8).

	<mike
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