[4097] in linux-net channel archive
Re: IP Address Translation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jos Vos)
Mon Aug 19 05:32:56 1996
From: Jos Vos <jos@xos.nl>
To: mea@mea.cc.utu.fi (Matti E Aarnio)
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 10:03:28 +0200 (MET DST)
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <96Aug19.091951+0300_eet_dst.63447-30376+4@mea.utu.fi> from "Matti E Aarnio" at Aug 19, 96 09:19:48 am
> > I have several people now interested in doing 1-1 address translation at a
> > router, including some large sites. Can Linux do this now? I have heard
> > some Cisco routers do it.
>
> I don't see any reason that it would be any simpler (or more
> difficult, for that matter) than masquerading.
Yes, it is really different. With masquerading you need to allocate
local (fake) ports, which isn't necessary doing translation.
Someone is already working on it, as far as I know, so there is a good
chance it will be introduced in 2.1.
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