----- Original Message ----- From: "Administrador de Red" <admin@gecyt.cu> To: <netfilter@lists.netfilter.org> Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 4:32 PM Subject: what it is the better masquerade or SNAT > I has a Ip public true, I want to do a firewall, but i don > know wich I kind Should i use, masquerade or SNAT?, > someone can i help?. > Using SNAT with a static IP is usually considered better. Using masquerading requires more overhead which isn't necessary if you already know what IP you are going to use. Brandon Broyles