I am trying to figure out the main difference between these two. I have just been using DNAT but this makes it seem like it is the real port forwarder. Is there any reason to use the generic proxy?
Thank you.
Thank you.
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A generic proxy, also known as a port forwarder, combines both features of DNAT and masquerading, forwarding all incoming traffic for a specific service to an arbitrary server. The difference to standard DNAT, however, is that a generic proxy also replaces the source IP address of a request with the IP address of the interface for outgoing connections. In addition, the destination (target) port number can be changed as well. |