On Friday 13 January 2012 2:25:45 am Andrew Beverley wrote: > Thanks for the comprehensive answer Lloyd. A couple of minor points: > > 2. You would set up a custom routing table for the special > > DMZ traffic. Use the info in the above link to do that. > > Suppose it is called "DMZSPECIAL". You will set up routing > > to the new DMZ interface using the MYDMZ table, something > > like this: > > > > ip route add 10.x.x.x/8 dev ${DMZinterface} src ${wan} table > > DMZSPECIAL ip route add default via ${gateway} dev > > ${interface} table DMZSPECIAL > > [...] > > > 3. You would NEW mark all packets from the special DMZ hosts > > with fwmark 1, like this (repeat for each source IP or subnet > > to use the new interface): > > Using marks is one way to do this, and provides plenty of > flexibility. However, if all the traffic is coming from the > same IP address / interface, then you should be able to use > straight iproute2 rules to match those aspects, without even > touching iptables (see ip rule). > > > iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -m state --state NEW > > -s 10.x.x.x -j CONNMARK1 > > Also, if you do decide to use netfilter marks (which is > certainly no bad thing IMHO), then you probably don't need to > mark connections and then restore them. Instead just mark a > packet straight away: > > iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -s 10.x.x.x -j MARK --set-mark > 1 > > Andy > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > netfilter" in the body of a message to > majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at > http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Thanks to you both. I'll go over your suggestions, and try to implement this asap. Please stand by as I may need additional hand-holding :-) . Dimitri -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html