-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Maybe the packets reach your service listening on the localhost but they cannot get to the client because it has the source 127.0.0.1 Try SNAT-ing those packets: iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -p tcp -s 127.0.0.1 -j SNAT --to 172.16.172.12 hope I understood the problem All the best, - -- Negrea Mihai http://www.negrea.net On Friday 21 March 2003 16:31, Henry Ritzlmayr wrote: > I have a service running on a box wich is only able to bind to 127.0.0.1 > (hardcoded and I can´t get the source to change it). Since I want to use > it from any other box the only way to solve that I think is to nat > incoming packets to 127.0.0.1. > > IPTABLES -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp -d 172.16.172.12 -j DNAT > --to-destination 127.0.0.1 > > and many others wich I tried don´t work. > > If I understood REDIRECT correctly it only changes to the local IP where > the packet came in (in my situation 172.16.172.12) wich also not solves > the problem. > > any ideas? > > Henry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+eybk8hhhNOp8KlQRAiRpAJ9h3NJ7OLgMhBnPG+ToZ9dAweXAOwCg3R/4 WtZ8kbHYrihBupFC91nPUeg= =PFnF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
