ipfw fwd

[Ian FREISLICH]

"Chris Knipe" wrote:
> >> 00400       0         0 allow tcp from 198.19.0.36 to any dst-port 80
> >> 00401      12       652 allow tcp from 198.19.0.35 to any dst-port 25
> >> 00402      13       668 fwd 198.19.0.36,3128 tcp from 198.19.0.32/27 to 
> >> any
> >> dst-port 80
> >> 00403       2       120 fwd 198.19.0.35,25 tcp from 198.19.0.32/27 to any
> >> dst-port 25
> >>
> >>
> >> However, packets that are forwarded, never connects to the
> >> destination where it is forwarded to.  And yes, I did check the
> >> obvious, everything is up and running....  Is there some sysctl
> >> magic or something required to make this work?  I can fwd without
> >> a problem to the SAME BOX, but I cannot seem to get it to work to
> >> fwd to remote machines.  In case someone is wondering, this is for
> >> transparent proxy / smtp servers.
> >
> >  I don't suppose you're getting bitten by:
> >
> > "The fwd action does not change the contents of the packet at
> > all.  In particular, the destination address remains unmodified, so
> > packets forwarded to another system will usually be rejected by that
> > system unless there is a matching rule on that system to capture
> > them."
> >
> >  The ipfw(8) man page is a little vague with the phrasing "matching
> > rule on that system to capture them".  Normally systems don't
> > process packets locally that are not destined for it.  You can use
> > tcpdump on the remote box to verify for yourself that the fwd is
> > working correctly and that the remote box is receiving the packets.
> > The remote box just doesn't know what to do with the packets it is
> > receiving.
>
> I never even saw this before in the man page... I'll have to look
> a bit closer.  I did check prior to posting (sorry, I should have
> mentioned), no packets are picked up on the host that I forward to...

I think that you might need to set net.inet.ip.forwarding=1 on the
server that you're forwarding the packets to.  Unless this is turned
on, the server won't act as a router and unless it's a router it
won't accept packets that do not are not for it to forward them on.

Ian

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Ian Freislich