Re: Firewall
On Tue, 30 Jan 2001 eileen@orbell.com wrote:
> I have some questions about building a firewall. I currently have a
> cable modem connection which of course gives me a static IP address.
> If I was to build a firewall using a old 486 could I still assign my
> Debian box the static IP address as it is needed for my server which I
No. The firewall system has to have the "real" IP address. What you need
to do is use IP Masquerading on the firewall system. You can then use
ipmasqadm to redirect whatever ports you need to the system(s) behind the
firewall.
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