Matt LaPlante wrote:
> Based on my reading of the DEST section of the rules man page
> [http://www.shorewall.net/manpages/shorewall-rules.html], "Beginning
> with Shorewall 4.1.4, the zone should be omitted in DNAT-, REDIRECT-
> and NONAT rules."  This seems to jive with a warning thrown by
> shorewall-perl 4.2.6 when a zone is left in:
> 
> Example:
> DNAT-    loc             net:1.2.3.4:2525      tcp     25
> 
> Produces:
> "WARNING: Destination zone (net) ignored : /etc/shorewall/rules"
> 
> Ok, makes sense.  But then, when the zone is actually omitted, things
> go horribly wrong:
> 
> Example:
> DNAT-    loc             1.2.3.4:2525      tcp     25
> 
> Produces:
> "WARNING: Destination zone (1.2.3.4) ignored : /etc/shorewall/rules (line 459)
> Can't call method "inet_htoa" without a package or object reference at
> /usr/share/shorewall-perl/Shorewall/IPAddrs.pm line 150,
> <$currentfile> line 459."
> 
> Is this a bug or a misinterpretation of the docs?

It is a case of Shorewall-perl neglecting to generate a fatal error for
an absurd rule.

-Tom
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