Greetings! I've been poking around looking for any sign of a way to create RELATED bindings from a text file at run-time, and/or via command switches. The idea is that some connections involve related traffic which may originate from a different host than the stream of primary interest, e.g. a SMB file/print/whatever server vs. the PDC, or perhaps an IDENT server vs. some other service. Such a beast might also simplify/streamline the current need for specific helper modules, or allow them to be locked down a bit, e.g. narrower port ranges for ftp DATA streams.
I've looked through the modules described in the netfilter-extensions-HOWTO.html as well as the threads from the last few months of this list, and from what I can see nothing quite like this exists. I'm thinking that this sort of thing might doable and useful. Perhaps some hack involving mangling and 'recent' could even work... So, my questions are: Have I missed something else I should read or consider which speaks to this concept? and, in the unlikely event that I haven't, well, how 'bout it? :) Best Regards, Pete.
