Re: Adding SNAT support to LVS/NAT

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On Tuesday 16 September 2008 00:24:38 Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Sep 2008, Simon Horman wrote:
> 
> > Well, it would be a problem if it gets DNATed a second time.
> 
> Are you just being really safe? Are you trying to prevent 
> someone from adding DNAT rules to OUTPUT?
> 
> Would it be better (as much as possible) for LVS to appear 
> to be just another netfilter module, in which case if 
> someone wants to DNAT in OUTPUT, this should be allowed 
> (whether it's sensible or not). Currently LVS-NAT doesn't 
> allow SNAT on OUTPUT, which no-one thought about when 
> LVS-NAT was first written and it turns out to be useful.

For what it's worth, I'm currently using DNAT alongside LVS-NAT
for certain connections. It only serves a secondary purpose and
there are other ways (although not as simple) to achieve the
purpose, but it has proven useful.

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