HowtoForge: Step-By-Step Configuration of NAT with iptables | Linux Today

HowtoForge: Step-By-Step Configuration of NAT with iptables

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 23, 2006

[ Thanks to Falko
Timme
for this link. ]

“This tutorial shows how to set up network-address-translation
(NAT) on a Linux system with iptables rules so that the system can
act as a gateway and provide internet access to multiple hosts on a
local network using a single public IP address. This is achieved by
rewriting the source and/or destination addresses of IP packets as
they pass through the NAT system…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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