[PROXYPER] need a non-TCP/IP personal proxy

[Messenger, Mark]

Fear not, for NAT was designed explicitly for the situation you describe :)

 
( To allow private networks to have gated Internet access without taking up
gobs of limited IP addresses )
 
My $.02, anyway.

-----Original Message-----
From: Patcat88 [mailto:patcat88 at SNET.Net]
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 8:59 PM
To: proxyper at lists.distributed.net
Subject: Re: [PROXYPER] need a non-TCP/IP personal proxy


I can easily make a NAT using Linux or my copy of Advanced Server. A DHCP
server will work. I just think that TCP/IP is a internet thing and should
stay exactly that, a Internet thing. 

"Messenger, Mark" wrote: 


  

Your first concern would be addressed by NAT-ing your computers behind your
DSL computer/router.  Private IP ranges are considered non-routable, and
thusly, not attackable from the outside world (generally speaking. Yes, I
know there are ways to fool some routers/NAT daemons into faking a session
to an internal host.  This is a rare case, as I understand it). 


As far as Dnet goes, the lack of incoming connections is not a problem.  I
have verified that the Dnet client (and the Dnetd personal proxy) will work
just fine on NAT-ed IP addresses.  I run this at home on my 5-odd working
machines. 


Does this answer your question?  If not, let me know :) 
  


-----Original Message----- 
From: Patcat88 [ mailto:patcat88 at SNET.Net <mailto:patcat88 at SNET.Net> ] 
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 6:55 PM 
To: proxyper at lists.distributed.net 
Subject: Re: [PROXYPER] need a non-TCP/IP personal proxy 


I don't want people to be able to send packets directly to a unprotected 
windows 3.11 WFW system. Yes I know about NAT but I'm afraid that NAT 
won't map the DATA back to the originating computer properly. Also NAT 
doesn't allow incoming connections which I think will be a problem. 


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