SuperLinux Encyclopedia - IP - Internet Protocol, etc.

Also see Networking and Internet.

IP and TCP/IP:

• NET-3 HOWTO Howto configure TCP/IP networking under Linux.
• IPv6:
  • IPv6 HOWTO
  • IPv6 - An Introduction
  • NRL IPv6+IPsec  "a full and complete IPv6 and IP Security implementation "
• IP Accounting:
  • ipac  an "IP accounting package"
  • IPAcct "Per user IP accounting program/kernel extension."
  • IPtraf (FTP dir)  "an IP network monitoring utility"
  • Ask Slashdot: Tricky IP Accounting
• rinetd "rinetd redirects TCP connections from one IP address and port to another".
• IP Encapsulation in SCSI Driver (IP over SCSI)
• Secure IP:
  • CIPE - Crypto IP Encapsulation "project to build encrypting IP routers"
• ENSKIP "a security module for the TCP/IP stack" (with links to SKIP info)
• Linux x-kernel IPSEC (implementation of new IP security protocols)
• Shaper  A report on Linux 2.0.36's network traffic limiting software.
• What You Can Do with tcpd  Mar'97 LG
• Ask Slashdot: Fun with IPs
• Private Internet Addresses: These Internet addresses are reserved for use on private networks. They are supposed to be rejected by the public parts of the Internet. Class C: 192.168.1.* - 192.168.254.*. 192.168.0.* and 192.168.255.* apparently are not reliably categorized. Class B: 172.16.*.* - 172.31.*.*. Class A: 10.*.*.*.

IPX:

• IPX HOWTO  How to install and configure IPX networking.
• ipx.txt  Info on IPX support.

Firewalls, Firewalling:

• Firewall HOWTO How to set up a firewall using Linux.
• Firewalls For Linux  An introduction.
• The Two types of Firewalls  Which should both be used.
• Freshmeat: Firewall and Security (text)
• Freshmeat: Firewall and Security (X11)
• Bridge+Firewall mini-HOWTO, How to setup and ethernet bridge and firewall.
• Edge - Firewall/Edge Router 
• Freefire (firewalling stuff)
• Internet Junkbuster Proxy  Blocks selected URLs (eg, banner ads), deletes cookies, etc.
• ipfwadm:
  • WARNING: Kernels 2.1.102 and higher don't work with ipfwadm. The replacement is ipchains.
  • The ipfwadm dotfile module home page (for the dotfile generator; GUI wrapper around ipfwadm for simple firewalling)
  • DNi "DNi is a graphical user interface for configuring the firewall rules, being a front-end to ipfwadm."
  • ipfwlog.pl - IP Firewall Log Analyzer  "reads the /var/log/messages log file and summarizes IP packets that were filtered (denied) via ipfwadm"
• Linux IP Firewalling Chains
• Mason  "helps create a custom Linux packet filtering firewall" Alt. Site
• Orbix / IONA Technologies $; Has a "Wonderwall" IIOP firewall.
• SOCKS (Firewalling SW)
• Term Firewall mini-HOWTO, How to use 'term' over a firewall.
• TIS (Firewalling SW)
• Ask Slashdot: Firewalls for Linux

Masquerading:

• IP Masquerade mini-HOWTO (How to use IP masquerading)
• masquerading.txt - using IP masquerading, multiple machines using a single IP address.
• The Semi-Original Linux IP Masquerading Web Site
• Linux IP Masquerade Resource
• IPmasquerading with Roadrunner or Second Ethernet Card  May'98 LG
• Discussion of Masquerading  Apr'98 LG
• Ask Slashdot: Linux, Kali and IP Masquerading
• Setting up ip_masq  Ext2 emag article.

PPP - Point-To-Point Protocol:

• PPP page

PLIP - Parallel Line Internet Protocol:

• Connecting Computers via PLIP  Jan'96 LG

SLIP - Serial Line Internet Protocol:

  Also see "Networking/ISP".
• SLIP-PPP Emulator mini-HOWTO  How to use SLIP-PPP emulators with Linux.

IP translation, aliasing, dynamic addresses:

• IP Aliasing:
  • IP Alias mini-HOWTO (How to use IP aliasing)
  • alias.txt - info on using alias network devices
  • Ask Slashdot: an IP-Aliasing super-server?
• ip_dynaddr.txt - IP dynamic address hack-port
  NAT - Network Address Translation:
  • Linux IP NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION
  • Linux Network Address Translation (at linas.org; also covers load balancing, more)
  • Load Balancing and NAT Info
• Port Forwarding (a form of secure access thru a firewall):
  • Port Forwarding (at linas.org)
  • Port Forwarding Info
  • Ask Slashdot: Firewall Forwarding Fun (not!)
  • HTTP_forward  "a perl script to forward http request to a different port on a different machine, and include a message with the forwarded request"
• Tunneling:
  • Linux IP Tunnel Mini-Mini HOWTO (draft at linas.org)
  • PPTP:
    • Linux PPTP Masquerading Page "PPTP is the Point to Point Tunneling Protocol that is currently used by Windows 95/NT for creating Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)"
    • PPTP-linux: a PPTP client for Linux (PPTP is a M$ IP protocol?)

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