ESP and NAT only work in the tunneling mode.

Ramin

On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 09:40:49AM +0100, Jonathan Hodd wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> My iptables firewall isn't NATing ip50 packets, so the vpn firewall at work
> is reporting my internal ip address once i'm authenticated.
> (pre-authentication, i appear as the correct external ip)
> 
> I'm not loading any additional modules, and my NAT rules are:
> 
> $IPTABLES -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -s $INT_IP -j SNAT --to $EXT_IP
> $IPTABLES -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -d $EXT_IP -j DNAT --to $INT_IP
> 
> I have a block of ips, so i'm not masquerading, just doing a 1:1 translation
> for each of my machines to a different external address.
> 
> Is the NATing of ip50 packets actually possible?
> 
> if yes, what do i need to do/where do i need to look to find out
> if no, how can i keep my vpn client behind the firewall and still use it?
> 
> (I'm using mandrake 8.1 with no additional iptables patches; i'm sorry i
> can't remember the version of iptables that is supplied with 8.1.)

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