On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 05:01:11PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * Tandex (tand3x@yahoo.com) [010820 18:39]: > > Do I need 2 net-card on linux-gateway that use ipmasq? > > Now on to my reply: the other reply to your question gave a wrong > answer. You do not need 2 NICs to route between 2 networks; there's > something called "one-armed routing" which makes use of IP aliasing, > which is giving a single NIC multiple addresses. "Wrong" answer? Er, this list is called debian *firewall*. If you can explain to me how a machine with only one nic running ipmasq can properly function as a firewall, I'll consider accepting your criticism that my answer was "wrong". -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com | -- Patton
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