# Linux IP Masquerade HOWTO

### David A. Ranch

`<dranch@trinnet.net>`

November 13, 2005

November 13, 2005

This document describes how to enable the Linux IP Masquerade feature on a given Linux host. IP Masquerade is a form of Network Address Translation or NAT which NAT allows internally connected computers that do not have one or more registered Internet IP addresses to communicate to the Internet via the Linux server's Internet IP address.

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