5. Miscellaneous

5.1 Getting Help

** Please TRY NOT TO send me email for IP Masquerade problems or questions. Due to personal work load, I cannot promise a reply for all non-website related questions. Please post your questions to the IP Masquerade mailing list instead (and I think this is the best source for help). Sorry about this, but I don't want to get you a reply after weeks.

• IP Masquerade Resource page should have enough information for setting up IP Masquerade
  
• Joining IP masquerade mailing list (recommended)
  To subscribe, send a mail with subject "subscribe" (no quote) to masq-request@indyramp.com
  To unsubscribe, send a mail with subject "unsubscribe" (no quote) to masq-request@indyramp.com
  To get help on using the mailing list, send a mail with subject "archive help" or "archive dir" (no quote) to masq-request@indyramp.com
• IP masquerade mailing list archive contains all the past messages sent to the mailing list.
• This Linux IP Masquerade mini HOWTO for kernel 2.x (if you're using a 1.3.x or 2.x kernel)
• IP Masquerade HOWTO for kernel 1.2.x if you're using an older kernel
• IP masquerade FAQ has some general information
• 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.
• LDP Network Administrator's Guide is a must for beginners trying to set up a network
• Linux NET-2 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

5.2 Thanks 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
  • 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.

5.3 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