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From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: How do I set up an insulating gateway?
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Date: 13 Oct 89 08:16:58 GMT
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Two different people suggested two different approaches:

>Or compile the kernel with the "ipforwarding" variable turned off, eh? 

Then it would not be a gateway.

>[do not run a routing daemon, or make it not advertise the gateway]

This does not stop source-routed packets, but may suffice.

I sent a kernel hack (read: kludge) to the original querent.
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