> -----Original Message----- > From: root [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 25 May 1999 10:49 > To: Per Jessen > Subject: Re: IP Masquerade advantages > > > in fact, there is no similarity in both the things. > they are two diff. things. > masquerading simply allows you to share an ip address among a no. of > computers. Ah, no - that is not correct. To the outside network, requests coming through a masquerading server will appear as if they came from that one system, although they may have originated anywhere on that servers private network. There is no 'sharing' of an IP-address as such. Each other system on the private network (behind the masq server) will *still* needs its own IP-address. They are not sharing just one address. I think we're saying the same thing, although I still claim that the things are very similar. All the systems still need IP-addresses, it is only a matter of which range they are assigned from. Masquerading/NAT is a nice way of connecting your private network to the Internet. Per Jessen, London. Per Jessen Senior Software Engineer, International Software Support StorageTek - INFORMATION made POWERFUL - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-diald" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
