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author | sheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-03-01 11:27:47 +0000 |
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committer | sheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-03-01 11:27:47 +0000 |
commit | ff1f324516a438c1978485e7ff75118e39b76ae3 (patch) | |
tree | 04906edc13adcddfd2125a6dbc77bab6de9275b3 /sbin/natd | |
parent | a00cc32757c919d728dae0961bea03e17fff7958 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/sbin/natd/natd.8 b/sbin/natd/natd.8 index 45abd3b..e7ca87d 100644 --- a/sbin/natd/natd.8 +++ b/sbin/natd/natd.8 @@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ The mapping is 1:1 meaning port 3300 maps to 2300, 3301 maps to 2301, etc. .It Fl redirect_address Ar localIP publicIP Redirect traffic for public IP address to a machine on the local -network. This function is known as "static NAT". Normally static NAT +network. +This function is known as "static NAT". Normally static NAT is useful if your ISP has allocated a small block of IP addresses to you, but it can even be used in the case of single address: @@ -277,32 +278,42 @@ A sign will mark the rest of the line as a comment. .It Fl reverse -Reverse operation of natd. This can be useful in some +Reverse operation of natd. +This can be useful in some transparent proxying situations when outgoing traffic is redirected to the local machine and natd is running on the incoming interface (it usually runs on the outgoing interface). .It Fl proxy_only Force natd to perform transparent proxying -only. Normal address translation is not performed. +only. +Normal address translation is not performed. .It Fl proxy_rule Ar [type encode_ip_hdr|encode_tcp_stream] port xxxx server a.b.c.d:yyyy -Enable transparent proxying. Packets with the given port going through this +Enable transparent proxying. +Packets with the given port going through this host to any other host are redirected to the given server and port. -Optionally, the original target address can be encoded into the packet. Use +Optionally, the original target address can be encoded into the packet. +Use .Dq encode_ip_hdr to put this information into the IP option field or .Dq encode_tcp_stream to inject the data into the beginning of the TCP stream. .It Fl pptpalias Ar localIP -Allow PPTP packets to go to the defined localIP address. PPTP is a VPN or secure -IP tunneling technology being developed primarily by Microsoft. For its encrypted traffic, -it uses an old IP encapsulation protocol called GRE (47). This -natd option will translate any traffic of this protocol to a -single, specified IP address. This would allow either one client or one server -to be serviced with natd. If you are setting up a server, don't forget to allow the TCP traffic -for the PPTP setup. For a client or server, you must allow GRE (protocol 47) if you have firewall lists active. +Allow PPTP packets to go to the defined localIP address. +PPTP is a VPN or secure +IP tunneling technology being developed primarily by Microsoft. +For its encrypted traffic, +it uses an old IP encapsulation protocol called GRE (47). +This natd option will translate any traffic of this protocol to a +single, specified IP address. +This would allow either one client or one server +to be serviced with natd. +If you are setting up a server, don't forget to allow the TCP traffic +for the PPTP setup. +For a client or server, +you must allow GRE (protocol 47) if you have firewall lists active. .El |