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Date:      Fri, 26 Apr 1996 19:30:40 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Archie Cobbs <archie@tribe.com>
To:        CPELTIER@iectech.com (Chris Peltier)
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Private address forwarding by BSD
Message-ID:  <199604270230.TAA21902@bubba.tribe.com>
In-Reply-To: <96Apr26.204814edt.6146@netgate.iectech.com> from "Chris Peltier" at Apr 26, 96 08:41:50 pm

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> We are building a private WAN behind an application gateway and would like
> to use "Private Addresses" as described in RFC1597. We have several FreeBSD
> machines which also act as routers.
> 
> The question is: Does FreeBSD forward ip packets for private networks (using
> private addressing and assuming the routing tables are correct) or does it
> reject them?

I don't think FreeBSD pays any special attention to the specific
IP address it's routing vis-a-vis RFC 1597. That is, set up a route
for it and it will get routed.

-Archie

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Archie L. Cobbs, archie@tribe.com   *   Whistle Communications Corporation



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