Re: Documentation of the kernel

Nico Schmoigl (schmoigl@rumms.uni-mannheim.de)
Tue, 4 May 1999 18:14:30 +0200


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> I was surfing the web after reading the help files that come
> with the kernel source and found this. Perhaps you might like
> to read it...
> Linux IP NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION
> [...]
> My 2.2.7 docs still have this recommendation which seems to be
> inappropriate... :-)

Are you content with the following patch?

If yes, could it be applied to the current tree, Alan?

73
Nico

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diff -ur linux-2.2.x/Documentation/Configure.help linux-2.2.x-myver/Documentation/Configure.help
--- linux-2.2.x/Documentation/Configure.help Tue May 4 12:10:27 1999
+++ linux-2.2.x-myver/Documentation/Configure.help Tue May 4 12:19:15 1999
@@ -2275,9 +2275,16 @@
CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_NAT
If you say Y here, your router will be able to modify source and
destination addresses of packets that pass through it, in a manner
- you specify. Please see
- http://www.csn.tu-chemnitz.de/HyperNews/get/linux-ip-nat.html for
- details.
+ you specify. For general information please have a look at
+ http://www.csn.tu-chemnitz.de/HyperNews/get/linux-ip-nat.html
+
+ If you are seeking for further detailed driver information please
+ consult ftp://post.tepkom.ru/pub/vol2/Linux/docs or
+ http://www.compendium.com.ar/policy-routing.txt
+
+ Tools for the control of this driver can be found at
+ ftp://ftp.inr.ac.ru/ or
+ ftp://ftp.tux.org/people/alexey-kuznetsov/ip-routing

IP: optimize as router not host
CONFIG_IP_ROUTER

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