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From: Sergey Zhilkin <szhilkin@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 00:52:55 +0400
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To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 IPv4 router
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Hi !

Answer is simple - no.

But this doesn't mean that you can't use plan9 as a core technology
for router os ;)

Current IP stack doesn't support NAT (dirty hack was made by some
plan9 geek), rate limits and other useless features of lunix router.

Currently lunix router on a ugly and messy MIPSel platform makes his
job done well :)

And, I think, than in the era of IPv6 nobody will be interested in
something like NAT.

And, YES, Plan9 CAN route IP ! :)

2011/7/30  <smiley@icebubble.org>:
> Hi, all,
>
> Does anybody know if it's possible to use Plan 9 as an IPv4 router? =C2=
=A0I
> know you can export the /net file system to other Plan 9 boxen, but I'm
> wondering about using Plan 9 to create a network appliance/router. =C2=A0=
I'm
> envisioning using Plan 9 to do things that Linux iptables does... route
> packets, NAT, rate limiting, etc. =C2=A0Could you, for example, stick
> Unix/Window$ boxen on a LAN and use a Plan 9 box as a gateway? =C2=A0Is t=
here
> currently any way to do such a thing?
>
>



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With best regards
Zhilkin Sergey