> 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. On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 1:50 AM, Kevin Fenzi <kevin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This is a DNAT forward? it should show the IP of whatever machine is > sending the request, not the firewall box in the middle. As the forwarded port most likely also does SNAT, so the receiving machine can send its packets back, the receiver has no clue about the original sender and will show the IP of the firewall. -- Regards, André -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
