Re: I need help , please

[Jan Humme <jan.humme@xs4all.nl>]

On Thursday 04 July 2002 21:01, Antony Stone wrote:
> On Thursday 04 July 2002 7:59 pm, Jan Humme wrote:
> > On Thursday 04 July 2002 20:51, Antony Stone wrote:
> > > On Thursday 04 July 2002 7:48 pm, Jan Humme wrote:
> > > > On Thursday 04 July 2002 20:20, Antony Stone wrote:
> > > > > # Redirect http requests to local proxy
> > > > > iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT
> > > > > 127.0.0.1:80
> > > >
> > > > Antony, just for my understanding: is this any different from:
> > > >
> > > > iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT   ?
> > >
> > > No.   I just find the name 'redirect' a bit ambiguous (I mean, it could
> > > redirect it somewhere else, couldn't it, but no, it only redirects it
> > > to the local machine...) therefore I use DNAT which I'm familiar with
> > > from other uses.
> >
> > OK, and agree.
> >
> > But I am somewhat surprised to find such redundant syntax at this level.
>
> I could have written it as
>
> iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT 127.0.0.1
>
> if you prefer :-)

I was in fact refering to the redundant design of the iptables syntax, and 
not to your beautiful piece of nat-art, Anthony ;-) !

Jan Humme.