[ale] Weird question

[Linux Idiot]

Vernard Martin wrote:
> 
> A friend of mine was listening to me rave about ip masquerading under Linux and
> how I can get all my machines on my subnet to have access over that one line
> using the linux box as a router of sorts. He is primarily a WinNT person and
> wanted to know if suck a beast existed for WinNT. I realized that I didn't know
> so I'm asking the group. If it doesn't exist then he's willing to turn a 486
> DX2-66 machine into a linux machine so that he can get this functionality. I
> figured I should at least be honest and try to see if WinNT can do this before
> I try to convert him over to Linux. After all, if it can't then he's an easy
> convert :-)

I remember a vague discussion with an NT admin in my organization.  He
indicated that NT could not do this, and it was intentional, because MS
wanted to sell more versions of NT Server,  since NT workstation can not
function (legally) as a server.

> 
> V
> --
> Vernard Martin (vernard at cc.gatech.edu) http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~vernard/
> "Understanding is a three-edged sword: your side, their side and the truth."

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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at atlnet.com

NT is secure.... as long as you don't remove the shrink wrap.
Want to speed up your NT box real cheap?  Replace NT with Linux...