" From: Jim Sandoz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
" 
" Michael Lim(vpn) wrote:
" > http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ipfil-flow.html 
" > From this diagram, it appears that packet filter rules to operate on
" > outbound packets before NAT and inbound packets after NAT.
" 
" see
" http://www.phildev.net/ipf/IPFques.html#ques11
" and also the related concept of "in" and "out"
" http://www.phildev.net/ipf/IPFques.html#ques3
" 
" ps:
" you may want to grok the "NAT happens in the CAT5 cable" philosphy 
" written about here:
" http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=ipfilter&m=99898624628175&w=2
" and here
" http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=ipfilter&m=99608074705794&w=2
" and here
" http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=ipfilter&m=99552181624892&w=2
" and here
" http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=ipfilter&m=97199037021347&w=2

yup.  i can see now the flexibility of natting outside the filter -
separate filter rulesets for passthrough traffic and traffic aimed at
the firewall itself.
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