[1898] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Need help to connect to ISP!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ed Carp)
Sun Feb 11 21:00:06 1996
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 19:30:24 +0000
From: Ed Carp <erc@dal1820.computek.net>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
cc: ecarp@netcom.com, Jims@glix.com, sayer@imaginet.fr,
linux-admin@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <m0tlhEg-0005FYC@lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk>
On Sun, 11 Feb 1996, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Why is that? You only need one static IP - any number of sites can hide
> > behind you. See the SOCKS documentation for details. You don't need to
> > turn on that silly IP masquerading, either.
>
> You have a rational problem with masquerading or just a dislike for it ?
Two rational (but personal) reasons for not using masquerading. (1) I
can't get it to work with my kernel (1.1.95), can't upgrade (for various
reasons), and (2) SOCKS is portable across systems - IP masquerading isn't.
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