Tom Eastep wrote:
> Steven Jan Springl wrote:
>> Tom
>>
>> I have just been doing some testing of NOTRACK and have come across a 
>> discrepancy.
>> The NOTRACK manual page states that only addresses are allowed in the 
>> DESTINATION column, while two shorewall compiler messages suggest that an 
>> interface is also allowed. Additionally Shorewall allows an interface to be 
>> coded, but then generates an invalid iptables rule.
>>
>> EG coding:
>>
>>   lan:eth0  zzz
>>
>> produces the message:
>>
>>   ERROR: Unknown interface (zzz) ....
>>
>> If I code both an interface and an IP address:
>>
>>   lan:eth0  eth0:1.2.3.4
>>
>> this produces the message:
>>
>>   ERROR: DEST interface may not be specified with a destination IP address 
>> in 
>> the PREROUTING chain ...     
>>
>> If I then code a valid interface:
>>
>>   lan:eth0  eth0
>>
>> the following invalid rule is generated:
>>
>>   -A  lan_notrk  -i  eth0  -d ETH0_NETWORKS  -j  NOTRACK
> 
> Fixed by r9831. A destination interface name should actually work in the
> PREROUTING case but I despair of trying to explain the limitations to
> people. It is just easier to scare them off by telling them that it
> isn't allowed.

I should add that correct handling of a destination interface in a
PREROUTING rule is only available in 4.3 -- 4.2 rejects that usage.

-Tom
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