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Date:      Wed, 5 Mar 1997 14:22:13 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Chris Shenton <cshenton@it.hq.nasa.gov>
Cc:        questions@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Question: NAT?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970305142036.26773C-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199703051538.PAA10101@wirehead.it.hq.nasa.gov>

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On Wed, 5 Mar 1997, Chris Shenton wrote:

>     Take a peek at IPFilter, or newer versions of the ppp included with
>     FreeBSD include an -alias option that does the necessary translations.
> 
> I did, but couldn't find info -- no man page info about "alias" in ppp
> nor pppd pages; which one were you meaning here?  I also didn't find
> any man page on "ipfilter" :-(

IPFilter is a port; ppp and pppd come with the system.

If you're on 2.1.7, you have the -alias'd ppp.  (look at the SYNOPSIS on
the man page.)

> I'm running 2.1.7-RELEASE and just cvsup'ed the ports collection: I
> don't find ppp, pppd, or ipfilter there. 

Oh, it's not in ports, it comes with the binary distribution.

> PS: any comparisons on ipfilter vs. ipfw for a newbie to both (but
>     not networking in general)? I know this provoked a bit of a heated
>     debate here a while back: I am looking mainly for NAT. Just curious
>     because I do see an /etc/rc.firewall which uses ipfw, not ipfilter.

ipfilter contains the NAT translation software and is a bit more complete;
ipfw gives you ip filtering only.

If you're looking for true firewall tools you may want to look at the FWTK
port.  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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