Hello,

I have already posted it to comp.lang.perl.misc. Reposting here as it is, probably for a wider audience.

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I am searching for a port forwarding package in perl, some thing like plugproxy in java(http://www.bbzzdd.com/plugproxy). My basic requirement is to have a platform independent snooping tool between two servers. The servers may be on the same m/c. So we need to replace currently used ipthreal/iptrace.

I was wondering if there exists any package with functionality similar to plugproxy. IPChains::PortFW seemed promising. But I couldn't install it on Solaris. The documentation also clearly mentions it's for linux.

In perl cook-book first edition chapter 17.18 there is a program which probably would serve our purpose with some modification. Another option is to make a perl wrapper over plugproxy and use it.

Could somebody point me to a module already exists or being writen which fits into this before we reinvent the wheel?

Thanks and regards,

Debashish.

In reply to Port forwarding utility in perl by deba

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