Thomas Egerer wrote:
I'm currently (trying) to write a transparent proxy application, using
libipq to capture packets + iptables' redirect mechanism.
The basic idea works as follows:
+---+ +---+ +---+
| S |<---->| P |<---->| D |
+---+ (1) +---+ (2) +---+
(1) uses iptables' REDIRECT target; the received data is then forwarded,
using another socket connection (2)
(2) uses libipq to do some kind of SNAT and change the local source
address to S's address and vice versa for the incoming packets
from D
So far the theory. The application works fine, as long, as I do not
remap the source port (destination port, respectively) from P to D (2). Once
I enable the port remapping I get
a) syslog messages like the following:
[ 7742.939471] ip_rt_bug: [S' IP] -> [P's IP at (2)], ?
b) RST packets from P towards D, using exactly all the correct TCP
settings, except for the destination port, (being 1, sometimes 2, or 3,
I couldn't figure out, why)
The three-way-handshake works fine, the RSTs are generated
for the _first_ packet to contain a _TCP-payload_. Also netstat tells me,
there is an established connection between P and D, but somehow (I
assume that this might be the trouble) looking for the corresponding
socket connection on P fails.
I'm totally puzzled why that happens. libipq reinjects the packets with
properly changed checksums and whatnot, yet the RSTs are generated.
I've also tried NF_REPEAT, instead of the NF_ACCEPT verdict. The
behavior remains identically.
Any ideas, anyone?
Most likely you're changing the source to a non-local address in
LOCAL_OUT, causing rerouting of the packet and resulting in an
input route instead of an output one. When dst_output is called
you hit ip_rt_bug, dropping the packet. When this is the first
packet of a connection, the connection tracking entry and
NAT mappings are destroyed. Not sure whats causing the RSTs
then, but its probably related to that.
Does changing:
return ip_route_me_harder(skb, RTN_UNSPEC);
to
return ip_route_me_harder(skb, RTN_LOCAL);
in net/ipv4/netfilter.c:nf_ip_reroute have any effect?
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