On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 01:31:07PM -0800, Julian Elischer wrote:
> You need to
> correct the FAQ..
>
> "The correct way to ensure that this does not happen is to also add
> a 'fwd' rule on the destination rule, forwarding the packet
> to localhost. This will override the destination machine's tendancy
> to throw the forwarded packet back"
I'm having a hard time parsing that.
> Also, in versions of FreeBSD before 4.6,
4.6?
> packets matched while INCOMING
> could only be forwarded to the local host.
Which is what I thought the original poster was doing?
> Outgoing packets
> could be forwarded to an adjoining host.
> This was fixed while 4.5 was cooking and appeared in releases after that.
So will this be in 4.5?
> The port number is only used for forwarding to the local host.
Which is what the original poster was doing?
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