Great Circle Associates Firewalls
(May 1997)
 

Indexed By Date: [Previous] [Next] Indexed By Thread: [Previous] [Next]

Subject: Re: NAT for linux
From: Bernd Eckenfels <lists @ lina . inka . de>
Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 03:28:58 +0200
To: Todd Graham Lewis <lists @ reflections . eng . mindspring . net>
Cc: Bernd Eckenfels <lists @ lina . inka . de>, Firewalls Mailing List <firewalls @ greatcircle . com>
In-reply-to: <Pine . LNX . 3 . 96 . 970516212004 . 30654A-100000 @ reflections . eng . mindspring . net>; from Todd Graham Lewis on Fri, May 16, 1997 at 09:21:23PM -0400
References: <m0wSXzC-00014MC @ lina . inka . de> <Pine . LNX . 3 . 96 . 970516212004 . 30654A-100000 @ reflections . eng . mindspring . net>

Hello,

On May 16, Todd Graham Lewis wrote
> When using NAT in a 1<->1 mapping mode (10.66.10.i <-> 207.69.181.i), is
> that really a problem?  recv packet; s/external_address/internal_address;
> transmit; where's the problem?

Stable Linux KErnels can't do it. They only support Masquerading and
ransparent Proxy. With the recent development Kernels it might be possible
(its in the Routing code, not in the Firewall code). At least this should
wok for simple prootocols like HTTP, not sure how much the application
support (say FTP) is ready wit the new NAT stuff. Perhaps ipfilter/natd on
*BSD* is a better solution?

Greetings
Bernd
-- 
  (OO)      -- Bernd_Eckenfels @
 Wittumstrasse13 .
 76646Bruchsal .
 de --
 ( .. )  ecki @
 {inka .
 de,linux.de,debian.org} http://home.pages.de/~eckes/
  o--o     *plush*  2048/93600EFD  eckes @
 irc  +4972573817  BE5-RIPE
(O____O)       If privacy is outlawed only Outlaws have privacy


Follow-Ups:
  • Re: NAT for linux
    From: Todd Graham Lewis <lists @ reflections . eng . mindspring . net>

References:
Indexed By Date Previous: Re: Encryption Outside US
From: Bernd Eckenfels <lists @ lina . inka . de>
Next: Re: NAT for linux
From: Todd Graham Lewis <lists @ reflections . eng . mindspring . net>
Indexed By Thread Previous: Re: NAT for linux
From: Todd Graham Lewis <lists @ reflections . eng . mindspring . net>
Next: Re: NAT for linux
From: Todd Graham Lewis <lists @ reflections . eng . mindspring . net>

Google
 
Search Internet Search www.greatcircle.com