--- Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> wrote: > The two havn't got anything to do with each other. > NATing is modifying > packets as they pass through the router. Addressing > is the IP address > and whatnot to access the firewall/router. One does > not require the > other. This leads me to another question then. What are the advantages of not having an IP address assigned to interface(s) of the firewall? Like for instance, if my firewall was the gateway to the outside world, how would I tell machines behind the firewall to get out to the outside world if they didn't have a default route pointing to the internal address of the firewall? Also, how would packets that hit the firewall get routed through the other side? ===== Kevin C. McConnell --RHCE-- <Red Hat Certified Engineer> __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
