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routing traffic to a content filter using iptables

Asked by: enrique_salazar

I have a fedora firewall for my organization, now I am also setting up a new linux-based box with a proxy/content filter. What I want, is to redirect all outgoing port 80 traffic to get out through the proxy using iptables. Both servers are on the same subnet (the firewall and the new proxy), and both are connected directly to Internet.

All my machines are configured to use the firewall as gateway to the internet.

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2008-04-15 at 13:35:26ID23325164
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Answers

 

by: shakoush2001Posted on 2008-04-15 at 13:39:46ID: 21362647

iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -j DNAT -i eth1 -p tcp --dport 443 --to-destination 192.168.0.2:443


change the nic/port/ip accordingly

 

by: enrique_salazarPosted on 2008-04-15 at 14:17:26ID: 21362963

what if, for testing purposes i want only to redirect the traffic from certain ip, say 10.6.2.250

 

by: ravenplPosted on 2008-04-15 at 23:43:51ID: 21365276

#if the proxy goes to the internet via this firewall as well, pass it through
iptables -t nat -PREROUTING -i eth1 -p tcp --dport 80 -s ip.of.the.proxy -j ACCEPT
iptables -t nat -PREROUTING -i eth1 -p tcp --dport 80 -s 10.6.2.250 -j DNAT --to ip.of.the.proxy:80

 

by: enrique_salazarPosted on 2008-04-16 at 10:55:49ID: 21370312

no, the proxy has it own external access.

the solutions proposed doesnt works in my firewall :S dont know why.

 

by: ravenplPosted on 2008-04-16 at 11:02:33ID: 21370386

First of all, my rules have typo
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth1 -p tcp --dport 80 -s 10.6.2.250 -j DNAT --to ip.of.the.proxy:80
#if ip.of.the.proxy is accessible via same eth device as ip.of.the.proxy, then one more rule is needed
#unfortunately this will cause proxy to see connection from firewall (instead of real client).
#if it's unacceptable, I propose to create third network, where are only firewall and the proxy
iptables -t NAT POSTROUTING -o eth1 -s 10.6.2.250 -d ip.of.the.proxy -j MASQUERADE

 

by: enrique_salazarPosted on 2008-04-16 at 15:50:52ID: 21372707

here what i want to achieve, it should be possible... i still want them to use the same gateway but another connection for internet.

 

by: ravenplPosted on 2008-04-17 at 10:44:13ID: 21379499

That exactly what You need

ETH_INSIDE=eth1
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i $ETH_INSIDE -p tcp --dport 80 -s 10.6.2.250 -j DNAT --to-destination 10.6.4.235:80
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o $ETH_INSIDE -s 10.6.0.0/16 -d 10.6.4.235 -j SNAT --to-source 10.6.4.234

but note, that proxy will not see the client's IP, firewall's instead.

 

by: enrique_salazarPosted on 2008-04-17 at 11:43:45ID: 21380071

hmmm i need the proxy to see my clients ip, for logging purposes... no way to achieve that?

 

by: ravenplPosted on 2008-04-17 at 12:14:16ID: 21380368

Not in this config.
You see CLIENT connects to FW, FW forwards packets to PROXY. But if FW will not change source ip, then PROXY will reply directly to CLIENT. CLIENT will consider that IP spoofing(it sent packet to one ip, but reply come back from another one) and drop it.

Maybe You should do something like

client(10.6.2.250) --- firewall(10.6.4.234 & 192.168.8.234, NAT only to internet) --- internet
                                  |
                                 proxy (192.168.8.235 with static route to 10.0.0.0/8 via 192.168.8.234, no NAT, no ip_forward) --- internet

then it's enough to
ETH_INSIDE=eth1
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i $ETH_INSIDE -p tcp --dport 80 -s 10.6.2.250 -j DNAT --to-destination 192.168.8.235:80

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