From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joel Newkirk Subject: Re: bridge/firewall example Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 02:34:08 -0500 Sender: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org Message-ID: <200301030234.08375.netfilter@newkirk.us> References: <3E139DEF.80009@kdtc.net> <200301020300.04692.netfilter@newkirk.us> Reply-To: netfilter@newkirk.us Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200301020300.04692.netfilter@newkirk.us> Errors-To: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: cc , Netfilter Group On Thursday 02 January 2003 03:00 am, Joel Newkirk wrote: [snipped down to my screwup] > If you have a box with IP's on two different subnets, and it passes > communications between those subnets, you've essentially got a bridge. > It's a router. NAT is Network Address Translation, where you Sorry, I didn't finish this thought, I was cut'n'pasting all over the=20 place. That should read: "(It's a router) living on two subnets, passing packets between them." I guess I should re-read my posts an extra time before posting. (or not=20 read them after posting, and take the heat :^) (or maybe compose more=20 concise messages, to ease proofreading...) j