On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 12:37:31PM -0700, Suzana Lojic-Skoric wrote:
> Does DNS work with iptables NAT or I need some kind of ALG to get DNS
> answers translated?
>
> I am using Mandrake Linux 10.0. I have two way NAT going on and I am trying
> to get DNS requests through the NAT. I got FTP, HTTP and SMTP working
> through the NAT, but DNS is not working properly, DNS answer is not getting
> translated.
nor should it be.
> Source and Destination addresses in DNS message are properly
> translated, but the actual answer (the ip address embedded in the message)
> is not translated.
which is exactly how it's supposed to work. how the $%#@ is iptables
supposed to know what to rewrite the answer to?
if you are using BIND, look into the functionality offered by "views."
-j
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