Re: icmp echo reply && FORWARD chain

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Hi Antony,

Sorry for the confusion.

> On Sunday 02 May 2004 3:24 pm, Jee J.Z. wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > My rules on a gateway linux box (PC2) are set as follows:
> >
> > Internet(PC1 and so
on)-----------(eth0:global_ip)-PC2-(eth1:192.168.0.1)-------------Internal
> > networks(PC3(192.168.0.2) and so on...)
> >
> > iptables -F
> > iptables -F -t nat
> > iptables -I FORWARD -j QUEUE
> > iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j SNAT --to global_ip
> > iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth1 -j DNAT --to 192.168.0.2
>
> That is a weird-looking rule.   Where does IP 192.168.0.2 exist on the
above
> diagram?

It's the internal IP of PC3. I modified the diagram a little bit. Thank you.

Jee


> > ICMP echo request packets from PC1 or PC3 to PC2 can be caught by the
> > FORWARD chain queuing to userspace, however, ICMP echo reply (in
response
> > to ping request from PC2) packets from PC1 or PC3 to PC2 will be ignored
by
> > the FORWARD chain. Is this a reasonable phenomenon? Could anyone tell me
> > the reasons? Thanks a lot in advance!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jee
>
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