Hi, On Sat, 16 Nov 2002, Frederick Garbrecht wrote:
[ explanation about NAT cut away (and rearranged message a bit) ] >>>>>> There is nothing new about finding your IP Address and display it on >>>>>> the web page. >>>>> "an" IP Address - not necessarily the originating individual. There are >>>>> a LOT of ways around that. >>>> Unless I am missing something in the question, no matter what you do, >>>> what/whoever you connect to through a firewall will always know the IP >>>> address of the the trusted interface of the firewall. >>> Such is not the case. I've done otherwise. >> Then routing wise, how do the packets find their way back to the firewall >> if they don't know the source IP ? ? The reply about not needing a trusted interface implied you did not have to give an IP address (be it yours, or from a proxy). I assume the original poster of that message just meant it could be a proxy. Because otherwise I strongly agree with the reply "How do the packets find their way back?" You must give an IP-address of a machine, that knows how to send the reply back to you. You could give it an incorrect address, of course, but you won't get the replies in that case. -- Regards, Andre
