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Date:      Thu, 29 Jan 1998 08:38:48 +0000
From:      Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>
To:        Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
Cc:        Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, chrisa@commlet.com
Subject:   Re: natd/libalias question
Message-ID:  <19980129083848.27473@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
In-Reply-To: <199801282039.UAA09574@awfulhak.org>; from Brian Somers on Wed, Jan 28, 1998 at 08:39:00PM %2B0000
References:  <19980128101330.57483@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> <199801282039.UAA09574@awfulhak.org>

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On Wed, Jan 28, 1998 at 08:39:00PM +0000, Brian Somers wrote:
> [.....]
> > It works!
> > 
> > With the following /etc/rc.firewall:
> > 
> > /sbin/ipfw -f flush
> > /sbin/ipfw add divert natd all from any to any via le0
> > /sbin/ipfw add divert natd all from any to any via ipi0
> > /sbin/ipfw add pass all from any to any
> > 
> > And the following natd start line:
> > 
> > natd -redirect_address 192.168.1.114 0.0.0.0 -n ipi0
> > 
> > I still have to understand why this natd line makes it work for any
> > host on my local network, though :-)
> 
> I'm surprised the first line doesn't break things :-|  It's not 
> necessary and shouldn't really be there.

You mean the second line, don't you? :

"/sbin/ipfw add divert natd all from any to any via le0"

> 
> All natd is doing is altering all outgoing packets so that their src 
> address is that of the interface, and then un-altering packets that 
> come back in.
> 
> > -- 
> > Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
> 
> -- 
> Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org>
>       <http://www.Awfulhak.org>;
> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
> 

-- 
--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de



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