I've got a shorewall 4.0.11 install. I'm trying to setup
a "connection forwarder" so that a TCP connection from
the outside to port 1234 on this box is bounced
to port 5678 on another box, also on the outside.
I've done this on Shorewall 3.2.3, so I know it's possible.
First, we need a DNAT rule in /etc/shorewall/rules:
DNAT net net:dest-ip-addr:5678 tcp 1234 - my-ip-addr
Next we need an SNAT rule in /etc/shorewall/masq (eth0 is
the external interface):
eth0:dest-ip-addr - my-ip-addr tcp 5678
In other words, if a connection comes in from the net for
port 1234 on my external IP addr, DNAT it to dest-ip-addr
port 5678. Then, on the way out, anything going to port 5678
on dest-ip-addr gets the source re-written to my IP addr.
That way the final destination sees the connection coming
from me, so replies come back to me for re-writing back to
the original source address.
Looking at iptables-save, the relevant rules have been created,
In the 'nat' table, we have the SNAT and DNAT rules:
-A eth0_masq -d dest-ip-addr -p tcp
-m policy --dir out --pol none -m tcp
--dport 1234 -j SNAT --to-source my-ip-addr
-A net_dnat -d my-ip-addr -p tcp
-m tcp --dport 1234
-j DNAT --to-destination dest-ip-addr:5678
In the 'filter' table, we have the rule to allow the outbound
traffic:
-A net2net -d dest-ip-addr -p tcp
-m tcp --dport 5678
-m conntrack --ctorigdst my-ip-addr -j ACCEPT
However, shorewall is rejecting the connection, falling through
to my default "REJECT" policy.
Looking some more at iptables-save, there is nowhere that jumps
to the net2net chain at all:
# iptables-save | grep net2net
:net2net - [0:0]
-A net2net -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
-A net2net -d dest-ip-addr -p tcp
-m tcp --dport 5678
-m conntrack --ctorigdst my-ip-addr -j ACCEPT
-A net2net -j ACCEPT
Nothing there does '-j net2net', so there is no way these rules
will ever be hit.
On my Shorewall 3.2.3 machine:
# iptables-save | grep net2net
:net2net - [0:0]
-A net2net -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
-A net2net -j ACCEPT
-A net_frwd -o eth0 -j net2net
Why isn't Shorewall 4 creating a rule that leads to '-j net2net'
somewhere?
Am I missing something more subtle?
Thanks,
Kenn
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