Thanks Tom, Jeremy for pointing to FAQ2 which solved the issue.

Thanks to Damiano for hinting about unNATed network configuration.

Cheers,
/z

On 1/31/16, Damiano Verzulli <dami...@verzulli.it> wrote:
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> Il 30/01/2016 17:55, Jeremy Baker ha scritto:
>> [...] Do you web servers resolve to the local address, or your
>> external address from within your network? [...]
>
> I would also add that:
>
> - - _IF_ you are _NOT_ NATting from LOC to DMZ.... and
> - - _IF_ the Default-GW configured in your DMZ-Server is the router
> connected in the NET zone... and
> - - _IF_ the router is correctly configured with a static-route so to reach
> LOC clients via the Shorewall-FW gateway
>
> _THEN_
>
> - - you can simply solve your problem by _ADDING_ a static route on the
> DMZ-server so to reach the LOC-network directly via the Shorewall-GW
>
>
> Without the last static-route, when clients in LOC send packets to
> DMZ-Server, you're getting asymmetric routing:
>
>
> => From LOC to DMZ:  LOC-client -> Shorewall-GW -> DMZ-server
> => From DMZ to LOC:  DMZ-server -> DEF-GW on NET -> Shorewall-GW ->
> LOC-client
>
> and the the "DEF-GW on NET", probably, require some authentication to
> forward traffic. That's why you are popped-up with authentication forms.
>
> By adding the static route, you avoid such HOP and traffic flows
> simmetrically in both directions.
>
> HTH.
>
> Bye,
> DV
>
>
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