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Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 13:19:48 -0500
Subject: Re: [9fans] Best option for a Plan 9 gateway.
From: vdharani@infernopark.com
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> What is the best option for building a Plan 9 gateway? Does a Plan 9
> gateway machine need to be an authentication server? Or can any server
> be a gateway as long as it has 2 NICs? I'm curious to how others have
> solved the problem. Thanks in advance.

gateway machine need not be an auth server. also, in principle, even one
NIC should be enough (in which case, it is an one-armed router) and i
think plan 9 will also work that way.

thanks
dharani