In the tunnel specification dialog, you can check or not check the HIDE
feature. What you describe fits the HIDE option.

  Dave Morris

On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Lowell Tyler wrote:

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> Hi,
> 
> Example info
> ------------
> EXT interface:        ext.domain.com
> PSN interface:        psn.domain.com
> PRO interface:        pro.domain.com
> 
> server (PSN)  server.domain.com
> external client       extclient.domain.com
> protected client      proclient.domain.com
> 
> 
> Here is the situation.  When I connect from extclient.domain.com to
> server.domain.com, my originating hostname (FQDN) is displayed correctly as
> extclient.domain.com, as verified by typing "last -3 username".
> 
> However, when I connect from proclient.domain.com to server.domain.com, my
> originating hostname is changed to psn.domain.com (since it comes thru the
> PSN gateway).
> 
> We have some applications that use the originating hostname (FQDN) to
> determine the client's access privileges.  However, all users are now listed
> as orginating from psn.domain.com rather than their true client hostname.
> Is there any way stop Gnatbox from overwriting the originating hostname with
> the PSN's interface hostname?  Is this a DNS problem?  This is driving me
> insane.
> 
> I believe the problem used to occur when connecting from EXT to PSN.
> However, it's only happening now when I connect from PRO to PSN.
> 
> CORRECTION:  The first line in the previous paragraph is errant.  This issue
> still exists when going from PRO to EXT, because the hostname is being
> changed to the EXT interface's address (ext.domain.com).  Obviously, the
> Gnatbox can't give away the internal address.  With Static Address mapping,
> I'm able to get around this for specific servers on the PSN that have IP
> Aliases setup.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Lowell
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