I'm on kernel 2.2, so I'm using ipchains, not a firewall persay.
Jacob Joseph
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From: Gyepi SAM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Jacob Joseph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, September 17, 1999 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: Masquerading and FTP
> On Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 08:03:57PM -0700, Jacob Joseph wrote:
> > Hi. I've got a question about ftping from a masqueraded windows
machine. When my machine uses the PORT command, it uses 192.168.0.2 as the
address. It will still work, but some servers will only accept the client
address, which is, of course, the linux box. How can I have masquerade
change PORT to reflect it's address? I do have "/sbin/insmod ip_masq_ftp"
in my rc.local.
> >
>
> Did you try it?
>
> The ip_masq_ftp module masquerades both the ip address and the port.
> This extra step is why you need a module for FTP (among other protocols)
and not
> HTTP.
>
> IOW, you don't have to change anything.
>
> If, OTOH, you tried it and it does not work, then something is seriously
> wrong.
>
> Make sure you are using a firewall and it has a masquerading rule.
>
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