6. Miscellaneous

6.1 Useful Resources

• IP Masquerade Resource page should have enough information for setting up IP Masquerade
  
• IP masquerade mailing list archive contains some of the recent messages sent to the mailing list.
• This Linux IP Masquerade mini HOWTO for kernel 2.2.x and 2.0.x
• IP Masquerade HOWTO for kernel 1.2.x if you're using an older kernel
• IP masquerade FAQ has some general information
• Linux IPCHAINS HOWTO and http://www.rustcorp.com/linux/ipchains/ has lots of information for ipchains usage, as well as source and binaries for the ipchains.
• X/OS Ipfwadm page contains sources, binaries, documentation, and other information about the ipfwadm package
• A page on applications that work thru Linux IP masquerading by Lee Nevo provides tips and tricks on getting applications to work with IP Masquerade.
• The LDP Network Administrator's Guide is a must for beginners trying to set up a network.
• Trinity OS Doc, a very compreshensive guide on Linux networking.
• Linux NET-3 HOWTO also has lots of useful information about Linux networking
• Linux ISP Hookup HOWTO and Linux PPP HOWTO gives you information on how to connect your Linux host to the Internet
• Linux Ethernet-Howto is a good source of information about setting up a LAN running ethernet
• You may also be interested in Linux Firewalling and Proxy Server HOWTO
• Linux Kernel HOWTO will guide you through the kernel compilation process
• Other Linux HOWTOs such as Kernel HOWTO
• Posting to the USENET newsgroup: comp.os.linux.networking

6.2 Linux IP Masquerade Resource

The Linux IP Masquerade Resource is a website dedicated to Linux IP Masquerade information also maintained by David Ranch and I. It usually has the latest information related to IP Masquerade and may have information that is not being included in the HOWTO.

You may find the Linux IP Masquerade Resource at the following locations:

• http://ipmasq.cjb.net/, Primary Site, redirected to http://www.tor.shaw.wave.ca/~ambrose/
• http://ipmasq2.cjb.net/, Secondary Site, redirected to http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/2288/

6.3 Thanks to

• David Ranch, dranch@trinnet.net
  help maintaining this HOWTO and the Linux IP Masquerade Resource Page, ..., too many to list here :-)
• Michael Owings, mikey@swampgas.com
  on providing section for CU-SeeMe and Linux IP-Masquerade Teeny How-To
• Gabriel Beitler, gbeitler@aciscorp.com
  on providing section 3.3.8 (setting up Novel)
• Ed Doolittle, dolittle@math.toronto.edu
  on suggestion to -V option in ipfwadm command for improved security
• Matthew Driver, mdriver@cfmeu.asn.au
  on helping extensively on this HOWTO, and providing section 3.3.1 (setting up Windows 95)
• Ken Eves, ken@eves.com
  on the FAQ that provides invaluable information for this HOWTO
• Ed. Lott, edlott@neosoft.com
  for a long list of tested system and software
• Nigel Metheringham, Nigel.Metheringham@theplanet.net
  on contributing his version of IP Packet Filtering and IP Masquerading HOWTO, which make this HOWTO a better and technical in-depth document
  section 4.1, 4.2, and others
• Keith Owens, kaos@ocs.com.au
  on providing an excellent guide on ipfwadm section 4.2
  on correction to ipfwadm -deny option which avoids a security hole, and clarified the status of ping over IP Masquerade
• Rob Pelkey, rpelkey@abacus.bates.edu
  on providing section 3.3.6 and 3.3.7 (setting up MacTCP and Open Transport)
• Harish Pillay, h.pillay@ieee.org
  on providing section 4.5 (dial-on-demand using diald)
• Mark Purcell, purcell@rmcs.cranfield.ac.uk
  on providing section 4.6 (IPautofw)
• Ueli Rutishauser, rutish@ibm.net
  on providing section 3.3.9 (setting up OS/2 Warp)
• John B. (Brent) Williams, forerunner@mercury.net
  on providing section 3.3.7 (setting up Open Transport)
• Enrique Pessoa Xavier, enrique@labma.ufrj.br
  on the bootp setup suggestion
• developers of IP Masquerade for this great feature

  • Delian Delchev, delian@wfpa.acad.bg
  • Nigel Metheringham, Nigel.Metheringham@theplanet.net
  • Keith Owens, kaos@ocs.com.au
  • Jeanette Pauline Middelink, middelin@polyware.iaf.nl
  • David A. Ranch, trinity@value.net
  • Miquel van Smoorenburg, miquels@q.cistron.nl
  • Jos Vos, jos@xos.nl
  • Paul Russell, Paul.Russell@rustcorp.com.au
  • And more who I may have failed to mention here (please let me know)

• all users sending feedback and suggestion to the mailing list, especially the ones who reported errors in the document and the clients that are supported and not supported
• I appologize if I have not included information that some fellow users sent me. There are many suggestions and ideas sent to me, but I just do not have enough time to verify or I lost track of them. I am trying my best to incorporate all the information sent to me into the HOWTO. I thank you for the effort, and I hope you understand my situation.

6.4 Reference

• IP masquerade FAQ by Ken Eves
• IP masquerade mailing list archive by Indyramp Consulting
• Ipfwadm page by X/OS
• Various networking related Linux HOWTOs