Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 23:19:22 -0800 From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Henry Su <henrysu@nttmcl.com> Cc: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why is my ipfw(8) ``fwd'' rule to redirect a service to another machine not working? Message-ID: <20011227231922.N2090@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <AJEHKCJLENGKGEHDIOJGGEOJCGAA.henrysu@nttmcl.com>; from henrysu@nttmcl.com on Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 05:42:16PM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0112271057040.84622-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> <AJEHKCJLENGKGEHDIOJGGEOJCGAA.henrysu@nttmcl.com>
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On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 05:42:16PM -0800, Henry Su wrote: > > http://www.unixguide.net/freebsd/faq/09.20.shtml > > Is there a way to configure your machine not drop these packets? I wrote that FAQ entry for people directing packets to another machine. When you are forwarding the packets to 127.0.0.1, the local machine, it is not an issue. The packets will be "accepted" by the system. (But that doesn't mean the application will behave well.) -- "It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's hilarious." Crist J. Clark | cjclark@alum.mit.edu | cjclark@jhu.edu http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/ | cjc@freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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