--- NAT-HOWTO.sgml.orig Mon Apr 3 19:08:45 2000 +++ NAT-HOWTO.sgml Mon Apr 3 20:54:11 2000 @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@

Destination NAT is when you alter the destination address of the first packet: ie. you are changing where the connection is going to. -Destination NAT is always done pre-routing, then the packet first +Destination NAT is always done pre-routing, when the packet first comes off the wire. Port forwarding, load sharing, and transparent proxying are all forms of DNAT. @@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ Redirection -

There is a specialized case of Destination NAT called masquerading: +

There is a specialized case of Destination NAT called redirection: it is a simple convenience which is exactly equivalent to doing DNAT to the address of the incoming interface.