Kjell, Let me try a slightly different tack.....one of the fundamental differences between ipchains and iptables is identified and explored in varying depths here: http://www.netfilter.org/documentation/HOWTO//packet-filtering-HOWTO-10.html http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/Joseph.Mack/HOWTO/LVS-HOWTO.netfilter_hooks.html [ Apparently, I wrote a similar statement about ipchains vs. iptables in July of last year...the beauty of a bad memory is that I can learn things anew by re-reading things I once knew! ] http://lists.insecure.org/lists/firewall-wizards/2002/Jul/0228.html In ipchains, each incoming packet hit input, forward and output chains, which only filtered packets (OK, OK, and masqueraded). In iptables, every incoming packet traverses the PREROUTING chains in the conntrack (implicit), mangle and nat tables. In the PREROUTING chains, you have access to --in-interface (-i) $RECEIVE_IF. In the PREROUTING chain, an output interface makes no sense, because we have no idea about where the packet is going! Now that the PREROUTING chain has been passed, we'll route! After routing, (and assuming the packet is bound for a non-local destination), the packet will enter the FORWARD chain. Now, we know both --in-interface $RECEIVE_IF and --out-interface (-o) $TRANSMIT_IF, so both options can be used. POSTROUTING is just about the last thing before the packet is handed off to the much misunderstood traffic control system. And in this chain, you'll see nalogous behaviour...the --in-interface option is not available. Does that answer your question? -Martin : > > For a packet that is not for local host, : > > but comes in on one interface and goes : > > out on another; : (1) : > > Will that packet traverse PREROTING, FORWARD and POSTROUTING : > > on _both_ underface, or : (2) : > > will that packet traverse PREROTING, FORWARD and POSTROUTING : > > only once, where PREROTING is when a packet "is in" the incoming : > > physical interface, and is in FORWARD and POSTROUTING when : > > the packet "is in" the outgoing interfave? : > > : > Maybe this can help : : > http://www.docum.org/stef.coene/qos/kptd/ : : No. It would help if you told me what is right. : The figure I got from before, and really don't : rule out number one. : : : _______________________________________________ : LARTC mailing list / LARTC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx : http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/ : -- Martin A. Brown --- SecurePipe, Inc. --- mabrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
