Hi Mike On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 00:10, Mike Mestnik wrote: > You need to "ifconfig eth0:1 up 203.94.71.36", this will cause arp replys > to be sent and the IP(protocol) stack to accept data for that IP. Then > your "iptables -i eth0:1 -j DNAT" cmds will work nicely, without any SNATS > as it's assumed that replys will need to come from 203.94.71.36.
It worked! Thanks! Is there a security issue with this method? My senior partner says it's not a good method to do this (but he is run out of an idea ;-)) Is it true? Do you have any documentation regarding this (security issue of this method)? Thanks! Pradeeper

