[brandz-discuss] BrandZ should be able to NAT with a simple configuration setting

[Nils Nieuwejaar]

On Fri 10/06/06 at 16:42 PM, Gilles.Gravier at Sun.COM wrote:
> Just like VMWare does... it would be nice if when creating a zone
> (branded or not) you could specify that you want your network to be NATed
> by the OS for you... without having to hack things to get it to work.
> 
> VMWare has that option and it is extremely useful, in particular on
> machines like laptops that have DHCP addresses.

You're preaching to the choir.  This is actually orthogonal to BrandZ -
it's a generic zones limitation.  We've been asking for this feature for
well over a year now.

Please see:
	4963372 investigate whether global zone can act as a router for
		non-global zones
	6338667 Need ability to use NAT for non-global zones

Nils