On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Jeff Koncz wrote:

> > Maybe it would be simpler to simply swap the primary and alias IP numbers
> > in your /etc/rc.conf file, so that the MTA starts up on the 201.61.128.211
> > subnet?
> 
> Yes, I'm starting to think this might be the best option.  I would much rather 
> redirect just the outbound smtp traffic to the alias IP if I could because I 
> wouldn't have to deal with the rest of the work that will be involved with 
> changing the machines primary IP address.  I've done this before and know that
> it's not that involved, but when you're busy with a ton of other work quick 
> options sometimes work best.  I thought ipfilter might be able to do this.  
> 
> My network provider said they do it on Linux (which doesn't help me) using 
> "ipmasqadm" with the following command:
> 
> ipmasqadm portfw -a -P tcp -L primary_ip 25 -R alias_ip 25
> 
> That got me thinking that ipf/ipnat might be able to do the same thing on 
> FreeBSD.
>

This is what I have done in ipnat.conf on a system which I have two ip
addresses assigned to tun0 and I want SMTP traffic to appears as coming
from the assigned ip for the mail server.

map tun0 from 0/0 to 0/0 port = 25 -> alias_ip/32 portmap tcp auto 


Cheers,

Larry.

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