Tom Eastep wrote:
> Tom Eastep wrote:
>> Steven Jan Springl wrote:
>>> Tom
>>>
>>> Masq entry:
>>>
>>>     eth0  eth0
>>>
>>> and proxyarp entry:
>>>
>>>     192.168.10.3  eth0  eth0  No  No
>>>
>>> when compiled with shorewall-shell generates:
>>>
>>> -A eth0_masq -s 192.168.10.3 -m policy --dir out --pol none -j MASQUERADE 
>>> -A eth0_masq -s 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 -m policy --dir out --pol none -j 
>>> MASQUERADE 
>>>
>>> but when compiled with shorewall-perl generates:
>>>
>>> -A eth0_masq -s 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 -j MASQUERADE 
>>>
>> This is a consequence of the difference in the order of operations in
>> the two compilers. Shorewall-shell processes the proxyarp file before
>> the masq file while shorewall-perl does the opposite. Since it is a
>> configuration error to masquerade proxy-arped hosts at all, I don't
>> believe this difference is a problem.
> 
> Note that in the real-world case where the ADDRESS column of the
> proxyarp entry is an external IP:
> 
> /etc/shorewall/proxyarp
> 
> 206.124.146.177       eth1    eth0    No      No
> 
> /etc/shorewall/masq:
> 
> eth0  eth1
> 
> Shorewall shell generates an unwanted MASQUERADE rule:
> 
> A eth0_masq -s 206.124.146.177/255.255.255.0 -m policy --dir out --pol
> none -j MASQUERADE
> 
> This problem is avoided by changing the processing order as I did in
> Shorewall-perl.

Hmmmm -- just looked at this again and the order in the two compilers is
the same. I'll take a closer look.

Please stand by.....

-Tom
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