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From: Philip Craig <philipc@snapgear.com>
Subject: Re: nat: expected connection only works one way
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 18:38:31 +1000
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n_dahlem@gmx.net wrote:
> Sniffing between Masq and Host1, one can see that the packets coming from
> host2 get nat'd and an answer is send:
> 10.20.10.198:5020 -> 172.30.8.100:5006
> 172.30.8.100:5006 -> 10.20.10.213:5020

The second packet is not a reply to the first.
Its destination is Masq, not Host2.

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