LARTC - Feb 2005 - why fwmark don''t work

Hi guys im trying to make a port redirecction using iproute together with
iptables mangle option .. but for some strange reason is not working yet, I know
i can do it in a diferent way, but the idea is using packet marking and redirect
the packets with a rule.

I have two computers PC1 and PC2

PC1: 192.168.0.1 this is the one connected to internet, and this machine make
the redirection
PC2: 192.168.0.2 this is the smtp server

So this is what i do in PC1:

first i mark all the packets incoming for 25 port with "1":

iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 25 -j MARK --set-mark 1

then i create a table called smtp:

echo 200 smtp >> /etc/iproute2/rt_tables

after that i set PC2 as default via for my smtp table:

ip route add default via 192.168.0.2 table smtp

and finally i make the rule for smtp table

ip rule add fwmak 1 table smtp

this would have to work, but is not redirecting nothing...

i can see that is making the packets with 1 using the command iptables -t mangle
-L PREROUTING -v but is not working, any one can help me?

saz wrote:
> Hi guys im trying to make a port redirecction using iproute together with
iptables mangle option .. but for some strange reason is not working yet, I know
i can do it in a diferent way, but the idea is using packet marking and redirect
the packets with a rule.
> 
> I have two computers PC1 and PC2
> 
> PC1: 192.168.0.1 this is the one connected to internet, and this machine
make the redirection
> PC2: 192.168.0.2 this is the smtp server
> 
> So this is what i do in PC1:
> 
> first i mark all the packets incoming for 25 port with "1":
> 
> iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 25 -j MARK --set-mark 1
> 
> then i create a table called smtp:
> 
> echo 200 smtp >> /etc/iproute2/rt_tables
> 
> after that i set PC2 as default via for my smtp table:
> 
> ip route add default via 192.168.0.2 table smtp
> 
> and finally i make the rule for smtp table
> 
> ip rule add fwmak 1 table smtp
> 
> this would have to work, but is not redirecting nothing...
> 
> i can see that is making the packets with 1 using the command iptables -t
mangle -L PREROUTING -v but is not working, any one can help me?
I am not sure, but I think your rules will just make smtp packets try to 
use 192.168.0.2 as a gateway rather than whatever your normal gateway 
is. I guess you really need to dnat them to 192.168.0.2. using iptables.


Andy.


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