Re: What's a good replacement package for ipmasq?
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Michael R. Head
<burner@suppressingfire.org> wrote:
> I recently noticed that ipmasq has been removed from the archive,
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=538384
>
> I've been using the package for years now, and I'm happy to migrate to a
> modern replacement, but I don't know which package I should choose (the
> removal request didn't find a suggestion in the bug report.
>
> What should I use to run a Debian server as a NAT box these days that
> works as simply as ipmasq?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- mike
>
Although it will not be nearly as easy as ipmasq, you can get the same
functionality by interacting with iptables directly. There is good NAT
documentation on the netfilter.org website:
http://www.netfilter.org/documentation/HOWTO//NAT-HOWTO.html
--
Jordan Metzmeier
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