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JUMPGATE(8)		     System Manager's Manual		     JUMPGATE(8)

NAME
     jumpgate -- a TCP connection forwarder

SYNOPSIS
     jumpgate [-hsvi] [-b local_host] [-l local_port] [-r remote_port] [-a re-
     mote_host] [-f filename] [-c number_of_connections] [-L microseconds]

DESCRIPTION
     jumpgate  is a TCP connection forwarder that provides many enhancements and
     improvements over the existing programs that do the same thing.

     jumpgate provides an interactive mode that queries the connected party  for
     the  forwarding information it needs.  Also, there is the option to log the
     entire forwarded session in a file for later inspection.	Furthermore,  it
     can log information about the forwarded session via the syslog(3) facility.

OPTIONS
     -h     Output  a help message that describes in brief the usage of each op-
	    tion.

     -s     Enable logging of the forwarding information via syslog(3).

     -v     Display version number and exit.

     -i     Enable interactive mode.  When interactive mode is enabled, only the
	    local port argument is obligatory,	since  the  connected  party  is
	    queried about the rest needed forwarding information.

     -b local_host
	    Specify the local IP to bind.

     -l local_port
	    Specify  the  local  port  to listen on.  A port number or a service
	    name can be specified.

     -r remote_port
	    Specify the remote port to forward the connection to.  A port number
	    or a service name can be specified.

     -a remote_host
	    Specify the remote host or IP address to forward the connection to.

     -f filename
	    Specify the filename to log the entire forwarded session.  In inter-
	    active mode it logs every forwarded connection.

     -c number_of_connections
	    Specify the maximum length of the queue of pending connections.

     -L microseconds
	    Specify the latency in the forwarded connection in microseconds.   A
	    microsecond is 0.000001 seconds.

     jumpgate  is thoroughly tested on OpenBSD, but should compile and run with-
     out problems on any Unix-like system with no or trivial modifications.  For
     a list of systems that jumpgate is known to run on see the README file.  If
     you furtherly improve it, please send me the diffs.

EXAMPLES
     For example, to forward all the onnections coming to the local  machine  on
     port  4000 to bsd.gr port 21, and log the connected party via syslog(3) one
     should invoke jumpgate like this:

     jumpgate -s -l 4000 -r 21 -a bsd.gr

     In order to wait for connections on port 4000 on  the  local  machine,  and
     then ask the connected party where to forward the connection, while logging
     the entire forwarding session to the jumpgate.log file you should do:

     jumpgate -i -l 4000 -f jumpgate.log

SEE ALSO
     inetd(8), syslogd(8), syslog(3)

AUTHOR
     Patroklos G. Argyroudis <argp@cs.tcd.ie>

BUGS
     jumpgate's  interactive  mode  is	still  considered  to be in beta testing
     phase.  Also, there is no UDP support yet.

								     JUMPGATE(8)

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