From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "John A. Sullivan III" Subject: Re: NetBIOS datagram nat helper proposal Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 17:39:43 -0400 Message-ID: <1127165983.25000.51.camel@localhost> References: <1127164215.25000.44.camel@localhost> <20050919212756.GA26816@linuxace.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netfilter-devel@lists.netfilter.org Return-path: To: Phil Oester In-Reply-To: <20050919212756.GA26816@linuxace.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: netfilter-devel-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Errors-To: netfilter-devel-bounces@lists.netfilter.org List-Id: netfilter-devel.vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 14:27 -0700, Phil Oester wrote: > On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 05:10:15PM -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > It appears that we may need a netbios datagram NAT helper. Unless we > > can find a workaround, it we have encountered a couple of environments > > where we need to NAT netbios datagram packets. Since they have embedded > > IP address information in the netbios header, this protocol breaks with > > NAT. We see the packets enter the server with the NAT address but the > > replies are addressed to the original address as per the netbios header. > > Like this one: > > http://www.kernel.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a2978aea393b5e00b55b219786a5b8a47f838a7f > > which was merged 12 days ago? > > Phil > Thanks but it looks like that's name service - John -- John A. Sullivan III Open Source Development Corporation +1 207-985-7880 jsullivan@opensourcedevel.com Financially sustainable open source development http://www.opensourcedevel.com