IP Masq on Slackware 4.0

[Kyle Rose]

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Phil <1918 at 1918.com> writes:

> Thanks for the tip Kyle. I don't exactly grasp the sytax of some of ipchains.
> All I really want to do is allow private network clients (192.168.1.*) to
> connect through the gateway (192.168.1.100)  to the ppp0 connection which
> assigns a dynamic IP address. At this point I have no security concerns, once
> the connection and masquerading is up, I'll configure a firewall.
> 
> Would these be enough to accomplish this???:
> 
> ipchains -P forward
> DENY
> # default - deny everything
> ipchains -A forward -j MASQ -s 192.168.0.0/24 -d
> 0.0.0.0/0                         # add - forward masqueraded packets into
> the local network
>  ipchains -A input -j ACCEPT -i eth0 -s 192.168.1.0/24 -d 0.0.0.0/0
> # add - accept packets from the ethernet card

The last one should not be necessary -- you already accept packets
from the ethernet card, by default.  The second rule should also be
either "-s 192.168.1.0/24" or "-s 192.168.0.0/16". since your local
subnet is 192.168.1.x, not 192.168.0.x.  Otherwise good.

However, your interpretation of the second rule is not really right:
you should think of it like this:

- -A foward
"Add a rule to the forward chain..."

- -s 192.168.1.0/24
"...that, for packets from the 192.168.1.x subnet..."

- -d 0.0.0.0/0
"...going to any destination..."

- -j MASQ
"...causes them to be masqueraded."

This is why I generally put the -j MASQ at the end of the line: it's
the conclusion reached when the antecedents are matched.

Kyle


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