masquerade

n 1: a party of guests wearing costumes and masks [syn: {masque},

{mask}]

2: a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party [syn: {fancy

dress}, {masquerade costume}]

3: making a false outward show; "a beggar's masquerade of

wealth"

v 1: take part in a masquerade

2: pretend to be someone or something that you are not; "he is

masquerading as the expert on th Internet"; "This silly

novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty"

3: pretend to be someone or something else [syn: {pose}]

masquerading

1. "{NAT}" ({Linux} {kernel} name).

2. Hiding the names of internal e-mail {client}

and {gateway} machines from the outside world by rewriting the

"From" address and other {headers} as the message leaves the

organisation.

This is good practise because external users do not need to

know about internal changes in message routing. The external

mail gateway needs to know how to route incoming replies back

to the original sender.

(1998-03-03)