Messages in this thread |  | | From | Martin Maciaszek <> | Date | Wed, 13 Sep 2000 20:35:12 +0200 | Subject | Re: why ip_masq modules? |
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Thanks for the quick response :))
Regards Martin
On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 06:09:23PM +0200, Igmar Palsenberg wrote: > Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 18:09:23 +0200 (CEST) > From: Igmar Palsenberg <maillist@chello.nl> > To: Martin Maciaszek <mmaciaszek@gmx.net> > cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu > Subject: Re: why ip_masq modules? > > On Fri, 5 May 2000, Martin Maciaszek wrote: > > > Why does linux have the ip_masq modules? I took a look at other > > operating system and they don't seem to have such modules. > > What's even more interesting: If I under stand the ip_masq > > modules correctly they're just transparent application proxies. > > Do they really have to run in kernel-space? > > No, but speed is a good argument here. From user space it can be done by > some socket filter, but that gives much more overhead than in kernel > space. > > > > > Regards > > Martin > > > Igmar
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