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Date:      Fri, 15 May 1998 02:04:53 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
To:        cmott@srv.net (Charles Mott)
Cc:        jkh@time.cdrom.com, avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au, brian@Awfulhak.org, mattc@rfcnet.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: why /var/log/ppp.log
Message-ID:  <199805150204.TAA16311@usr01.primenet.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980514074131.26764B-100000@darkstar.home> from "Charles Mott" at May 14, 98 07:52:43 am

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> With all due respect to Darren, I think that -nat would not also be a
> fairly good option name for ppp.  I'm also not averse to changing libalias
> to libnat and reworking some of the function names.  Ari Suutari and I
> were doing some work to make a libalias3.0 which would support
> transparent proxying.  Maybe the released version of this should be
> libnat.

Or if it supports transparent proxy, then "libproxy"?

> Personally, I think the ifconfig alias option is equally confusing and
> should be called a secondary or virtual ip address.  I think "secondary"
> would actually be the most appropriate term rather than "alias" for
> ifconfig.

I agree here, though a "secondary" option implies a third would require
"tertiary".  8-|.

I like "virtual" or "vip", since it describes what it is used for; on
the other hand, there's merite to remaining compatible with SunOS, et. al..


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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