From the original IPMASQ HOWTO author:
"As a new user, I found it very confusing to setup IP masquerade on the Linux
kernel, (back then, its was a 1.2.x kernel). Although there was a FAQ and a
mailing list, there was no documentation dedicated to this. There was also
some requests on the mailing list for a HOWTO manual. So, I decided to write
this HOWTO as a starting point for new users and possibly create a building
block for other knowledgeable users. If you, the reader, have any additional
ideas, corrections, or questions about this document, please feel free to
contact us. "
This document was originally written by Ambrose Au back in August, 1996,
based on the 1.x kernel IPMASQ FAQ written by Ken Eves and numerous helpful
messages from the original IP Masquerade mailing list. In particular, a
mailing list message from Matthew Driver inspired Ambrose to set up IP
Masquerade and eventually write version 0.80 of this HOWTO. In April 1997,
Ambrose created the Linux IP Masquerade Resource Web site at
http://ipmasq.webhop.net which has
provided up-to-date information on Linux IP Masquerading ever since. In
February 1999, David Ranch took over
maintenance of the HOWTO. David then re-wrote the HOWTO and added a
substantial number of sections to the document. Today, the HOWTO is still
maintained by David where he constantly updates it and fixes any reported bugs,
etc.
Please feel free to send any feedback or comments regarding this HOWTO to
dranch@trinnet.net if you have
any corrections or if any information/URLs/etc. is missing. Your invaluable
feedback will certainly influence the future of this HOWTO!
This HOWTO is meant to be a fairly comprehensive guide to getting your Linux
IP Masquerading system working in the shortest time possible. David only
plays a technical writer on T.V. so you might find the information in this
document not as general and/or objective as it could be. If you think a
section could be clearer, etc.. please let David know. The latest version of
the MASQ HOWTO can be found at
Dranch's Linux Page. Additional news, mirrors of the HOWTO, and
information regarding IPMASQ can be found at the
IP Masquerade Resource web page.
If you have any technical questions on IP Masquerade, please join the
IP Masquerade Mailing List
instead of sending email to David or Ambrose. Most MASQ problems are -common-
for ALL MASQ users and can be easily solved by users on the list. In addition
to this, the response time of the IP MASQ email list will be much faster than
a reply from either David or Ambrose.
The latest version of this document can be found at the following sites which
also contains HTML, Postscript, PDF, etc. versions
