<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Who Doesn't Need IP Masquerade?</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Linux IP Masquerade HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="Background Knowledge" HREF="ipmasq-background2.0.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Who Can Benefit From IP Masquerade?" HREF="ipmasq-background2.3.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="How does IP Masquerade Work?" HREF="ipmasq-background2.5.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Linux IP Masquerade HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="ipmasq-background2.3.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >Chapter 2. Background Knowledge</TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="ipmasq-background2.5.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="IPMASQ-BACKGROUND2.4" ></A >2.4. Who Doesn't Need IP Masquerade?</H1 ><P > <P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P >If your machine is a stand-alone Linux host connected to the Internet (setting up a firewall is a good idea though), or</P ></LI ><LI ><P >if you already have multiple assigned public addresses for your <EM >OTHER</EM > machines, and</P ></LI ><LI ><P >if you don't like the idea of a 'free ride' using Linux and feel more comfortable using expensive commercial tools to perform the exact same functionalities. </P ></LI ></UL > </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="ipmasq-background2.3.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="ipmasq-background2.5.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Who Can Benefit From IP Masquerade?</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="ipmasq-background2.0.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >How does IP Masquerade Work?</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >