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Date:      Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:14:11 +0200
From:      Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org>
To:        Aaron Nichols <adnichols@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problems with NAT on gif interface for VPN
Message-ID:  <20041029141411.GE10641@sitadelle.com>
In-Reply-To: <ac05538404102820171b7b5771@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <ac0553840410281038224213b@mail.gmail.com> <62721446609.20041028214724@star-sw.com> <ac05538404102820171b7b5771@mail.gmail.com>

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> Rather than a "problem" with ipfw however, I think I've got a
> fundamental problem with how to do this. If I understand correctly, in
> order for natd to "reverse" a divert rule (translate the destination
> IP back to the original IP on return traffic) the packet has to come
> through the same interface it was originally seen by natd on - is this
> correct?
> 
> For whatever reason I still seem to be unable to use gif0 for this
> purpose, which seems to be the closest thing to an "ipsec interface"
> available (I'm beginning to think it's nowhere near as useful as enc0
> on OpenBSD). Thus, I'm stuck translating packets when they either
> enter the LAN interface or leave the WAN, the former seems the best
> option.

IIRC, I read somewhere this is precisely the reason why enc(4) was
written.

-- 
Jeremie Le Hen
jeremie@le-hen.org



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