[ale] port forwarding for iptables.

Atlanta Geek atlantageek at gmail.com
Tue Jun 9 13:39:51 EDT 2009


I am redirecting to a different port and the ip of another machine.
Does REDIRECT allow me to specify a different machine's ip?

On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Jim Kinney<jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> all of the -j LOG calls will never trigger because the packet has
> already left the chain due to the line before it with the -j ACCEPT or
> -j DNAT. Put the log before the jump call.
>
> -j REDIRECT is what you want to use. DNAT is for IP address. REDIRECT
> is for port forwarding.
>
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Atlanta Geek<atlantageek at gmail.com> wrote:
>> OK. so I am trying to use portforwarding with iptables
>>
>> here is the output from  'lsmod | grep iptable' , iptables-save and
>> iptables --list
>>
>> any suggestions would be great
>> The only thing that is a little weird with this is that I am
>> forwarding ports within the same network.  So maybe the -DNAT is
>> screwing things up?
>>
>> *************OUTPUT of lsmod
>> [root at krobinson sysconfig]# lsmod | grep iptable
>> iptable_filter         36161  1
>> iptable_nat            40773  1
>> ip_nat                 53100  1 iptable_nat
>> ip_conntrack           91236  5
>> ip_conntrack_ftp,ip_conntrack_netbios_ns,xt_state,iptable_nat,ip_nat
>> ip_tables              55329  2 iptable_filter,iptable_nat
>> x_tables               50377  8
>> ipt_LOG,xt_state,iptable_nat,ip_tables,ip6_tables,ipt_REJECT,ip6t_REJECT,xt_tcpudp
>>
>> **********OUTPUT  of 'iptables-save' START
>> nat
>> :PREROUTING ACCEPT [55:9852]
>> :POSTROUTING ACCEPT [74:4440]
>> :OUTPUT ACCEPT [74:4440]
>> -A PREROUTING -d 10.0.0.39 -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 5213 -j DNAT
>> --to-destination 10.0.1.213:3001
>> -A PREROUTING -d 10.0.0.39 -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 5213 -j  LOG
>> --log-prefix "TCP PREROUTING:"
>>
>> COMMIT
>> # Completed on Wed Jun 10 00:11:38 2009
>> # Generated by iptables-save v1.3.5 on Wed Jun 10 00:11:38 2009
>> *filter
>> :INPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
>> :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0]
>> :OUTPUT ACCEPT [3459:642904]
>> :RH-Firewall-1-INPUT - [0:0]
>> -A INPUT -j RH-Firewall-1-INPUT
>> -A FORWARD -j RH-Firewall-1-INPUT
>> -A FORWARD -d 10.0.1.213 -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 3001 -j ACCEPT
>> -A FORWARD -d 10.0.1.213 -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 3001 -j LOG
>> --log-prefix "TCP FORWARD:"
>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -i eth0 -j ACCEPT
>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type any -j ACCEPT
>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p esp -j ACCEPT
>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p ah -j ACCEPT
>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -d 224.0.0.251 -p udp -m udp --dport 5353 -j ACCEPT
>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 631 -j ACCEPT
>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 631 -j ACCEPT
>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 3001 -j ACCEPT
>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 5000 -j ACCEPT
>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
>> COMMIT
>> # Completed on Wed Jun 10 00:11:38 2009
>> ***************OUTPUT END
>> But it does not seem to be working.  The output from my iptables -l
>> looks like the following
>>
>> *********OUTPUT 'iptables --list'  START
>> [root at krobinson sysconfig]# iptables --list
>> Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
>> target     prot opt source               destination
>> RH-Firewall-1-INPUT  all  --  anywhere             anywhere
>>
>> Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
>> target     prot opt source               destination
>> RH-Firewall-1-INPUT  all  --  anywhere             anywhere
>> ACCEPT     tcp  --  anywhere             lab-at2503          tcp
>> dpt:redwood-broker
>> LOG        tcp  --  anywhere             lab-at2503          tcp
>> dpt:redwood-broker LOG level warning prefix `TCP FORWARD:'
>>
>> Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
>> target     prot opt source               destination
>>
>> Chain RH-Firewall-1-INPUT (2 references)
>> target     prot opt source               destination
>> ACCEPT     all  --  anywhere             anywhere
>> ACCEPT     all  --  anywhere             anywhere
>> ACCEPT     icmp --  anywhere             anywhere            icmp any
>> ACCEPT     esp  --  anywhere             anywhere
>> ACCEPT     ah   --  anywhere             anywhere
>> ACCEPT     udp  --  anywhere             224.0.0.251         udp dpt:mdns
>> ACCEPT     udp  --  anywhere             anywhere            udp dpt:ipp
>> ACCEPT     tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere            tcp dpt:ipp
>> ACCEPT     all  --  anywhere             anywhere            state
>> RELATED,ESTABLISHED
>> ACCEPT     tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere            state NEW
>> tcp dpt:redwood-broker
>> ACCEPT     tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere            state NEW
>> tcp dpt:commplex-main
>> ACCEPT     tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere            state NEW
>> tcp dpt:http
>> REJECT     all  --  anywhere             anywhere
>> reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
>> **********OUTPUT END
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