Destination NAT Onto the Same Network Problem

["Mark Ayad" <mark@javamark.com>]

I have a problem with the following Firewall Script which works fine apart
from when I try to INTERNALLY connect to the webserver 192.168.0.3:80
using the public IP which if I'm right should be the same as $EXTIF. The
internal machine I'm launching the request from is actually the webserver
(but that shouldn't matter).

I know I'm missing a line from what I read in
http://netfilter.samba.org/unreliable-guides/NAT-HOWTO/NAT-HOWTO.linuxdoc-10
.html and I've tried nearly every combination I can think of except the one
that works that is.

So whats the missing line ?

$IPTABLES -A INPUT -p tcp --syn --destination-port 80 -j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A INPUT -p tcp --syn -j DROP

$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -i $EXTIF -o $INTIF -j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -i $INTIF -o $EXTIF -j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -j LOG

$IPTABLES -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp -i eth0 --dport 80 -j
DNAT --to-destination 192.168.0.3:80

$IPTABLES -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o $EXTIF -j MASQUERADE

Best Regards

Mark