paranoia

2005-02-16 Thread Andrew Heyn
Here's an on/off topic question i've been wondering about forever... I always see people replace their IPs with fake replacements. Is this paranoia really warranted? Why not disconnect the cat5 if you want to do this? Or am I not seeing things the right way? Thanks, Andrew __

bridging, ipf

2004-12-16 Thread Andrew Heyn
Hi, Here is my setup: fxp0: no ip -> switch -> (computer with ip: 200.200.200.147, gateway 200.200.200.145) ^ | bridged | \/ fxp1: 200.200.200.146, 148, 149, 150 -> -> (internet) ^ ipf/ipnat | \/ fxp2: 192.168.1.1 -> switch -> lots of computers with 192.168.1.x addresses (all use 1

Quick question about the tired ipf/ipnat/"dmz"/bridge scenario

2004-12-15 Thread Andrew Heyn
Hi, Quoting http://www.moatware.com/support/docbook/faq-bridge.html, 10.8. Why can't hosts on a NATed interface talk to hosts on a bridged interface? This frequently happens when someone wants to bridge an interface to their WAN to use it as a DMZ, and wants to put all of the hosts on their LAN