[H-GEN] NetBSD?

[Robert Brockway]

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On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, David Findlay wrote:

> I have the ip_masq_h323 module, and I think I installed it properly, but I 
> can't tell. The problem is the person I am trying to work with is behind 
> Windows NAT at his end, and I am behind ip_masq so I don't know how this will 
> work.

Hi all.  Returning to your earlier question re NetBSD, I can't say
directly about NetBSD but Linux has the best NAT/Masq s/w I've seen.

Whereas the Linux developers took the trouble to write kernel modules for
protocols such as non-passive ftp and talk which didn't work properly
through Masq without a bit of help, all the other NAT implementations I've
seen simply ignore the problem.  I would be surprised if NetBSD had
resolved those issues better than the Linux kernel developers because no
one else has :) [1]

[1] No OS flame wars please, these are personal opinions based on
observation :)
Rob

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