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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!chi-news.cic.net!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!nntp04.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!newspump.sol.net!uwm.edu!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news-lond.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Proxy-type thing for FreeBSD Date: 26 Aug 1996 13:01:28 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 18 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4vs3mo$24c@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <AESm_srWo5@qsar.chem.msu.su> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Eugene Radchenko (eugene@qsar.chem.msu.su) wrote: : Hi people, : Yeah, I know this has become a controversial topic lately, but I hope we : could have a time frame of useful info before the flame-spiralling. : As many people, we are somewhat short on the IP adresses here. On the other : hand, most people would use only a few services. So the question is: which : options (and where) do exist for sharing the address(es) and what are their : advantages and limitations. : Ideally, I would like to have internal network (AFAIU 10.0.0.0 is : invented just for that) and have the requests to outside services to appear : as if from a normal address. Have a look at rfc1919 and socks5. They seem to do the job. Apparently socks5 can be "transparent", but I havn't figured out how yet :( -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....