Re: What tool shows /proc/net/nf_conntrack

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On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:46:12 -0400
Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I forwarded a port, using system-config-firewall.
> 
> The destination machine, not surprisingly, shows the IP address of
> the firewall as the source of the connection. The goal is obtaining
> the connection's real source IP. However, on the firewall the
> forwarded connection isn't reported anywhere by netstat or ss.

This is a DNAT forward? it should show the IP of whatever machine is
sending the request, not the firewall box in the middle. 

> After poking around, I found what I was looking for in  
> /proc/net/nf_conntrack. The forwarded connection was listed there,
> showing the connection's real source IP.
> 
> But grepping through /proc/net/nf_conntrack seems to be rather
> quaint. Neither netstat's nor ss's man page hint at any option that
> would report on /proc/net/nf_conntrack in some user-friendly fashion.
> Is there some other admin utility that does?

conntrack-tools has a 'conntrack' command line tool. 

kevin

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