Nat port forwarding, Tired of poking around, need serious help from serious guys

[root <root@khemir.net>]

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Hi all,

!! warning, this mail is quite long and I don't want to waist your time. Still 
I think it can be read within 5-10 mn and is not too borring!!

First of all please send answers to the list or to nkh@cpen.com. 
nadim@khemir.net is the one server that I can't get to run! yet!)

I'll do my best to explain the problem and its seting in detail so please send 
exact answers, and keep your thoughts if you are not sure. IMHO when I see 
the number of messages out there, I think this problem must be answer once 
and for all.

History:
This is a test setup:

-Local network with 2 machines, the firewall and a test machine
fix IP adress through bonet.se at khemir.net for the firewall

Layout:
-one firewall running linux 2.4.18-3 on a pII with iptables version 1.2.5 ip 
at khemir.net 2 nic.

following modules load OK:
 /sbin/modprobe ip_tables
 /sbin/modprobe ip_conntrack
 /sbin/modprobe iptable_filter
 /sbin/modprobe iptable_mangle
 /sbin/modprobe iptable_nat
 /sbin/modprobe ipt_LOG # has this something to do with problem 2?
 /sbin/modprobe ipt_limit
 /sbin/modprobe ipt_state


( iptables config file can be found attached and is a shell script so please 
don'r run it before you go through it as it might break your machine,.... 
it's derived from the example found on your web site, written by Oskar 
Andreasson.)

-one linux 2.4.18-3 running ipchains on local ip  192.168.1.3 with 2 test 
users running qmail.

************
Problem 1:
************
- I can't send mail TO my net
- I can't telnet khemir.net 25

How did I try to fix it:
- I read all I could find on the net and on your web site all this in 3 
languages
- I read the FAQ
- I read the archives
- I run all the commands I could find in the diffrent documents (an uncredible 
amount of different ways to do the same thing and still many rules were 
refused by iptables because of incompatible options or not recognized 
switches)

Some tests I ran:
-surf the internet from the local computer to test masquerading -> OK
-send mail from the local machine to the rest of the world -> OK
-send mail localy -> OK
- telnet to the local machine port 25 from the Firewall(FW) -> not good when 
the firewall on the local machine is on, OK when it's off. all test except 
this one are with firewall on local machine down
- ssh to FW -> OK

! had send mail still installed on th FW, remove it too

Where did I run the tests from:
- send mail from my job -> bounce
- ssh to the FW from my job-> OK
- telnet to port 25 from job to local machine (that is after it should have 
been forwarded by FW) -> no connection
- same tests from another computer on the net -> same results
- mail from hotmail.com (see there is a use for hotmail.com) -> bounce

! remember that I can send mail outwards and the SMTP server is responding 
when I telnet it from the FW.

How do I port forward: 

from iptables -L -t nat
Chain PREROUTING (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination
DNAT       tcp  --  anywhere             as17-3-2.ld.bonet.setcp dpt:smtp 
to:192.168.1.3:25

### as17-3-2.ld.bonet.se is the same as khemir.net ! 

Chain POSTROUTING (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination
SNAT       all  --  anywhere             anywhere           to:217.215.193.214

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination

from my rules:
 # SMTP server
 SMTP_SERVER_IP="192.168.1.3" # on local machine
 SMTP_SERVER_PORT="25"

 # allow connection on port, quite verbose but copied it from the example
 $IPTABLES -A tcp_packets -i $INET_IFACE -p tcp -s 0.0.0.0/0 -d $INET_IP/32 
--destination-port $SMTP_SERVER_PORT -j ACCEPT

 # now ip and port forward
 $IPTABLES -t nat -A PREROUTING -i $INET_IFACE -p tcp -d $INET_IP --dport 
$SMTP_SERVER_PORT -j DNAT --to-destination $SMTP_SERVER_IP:$SMTP_SERVER_PORT

I did a bunch of other tests and all fail. My guess is that I am doing 
something wrong but what?

All the rules seem right and all the rules are found on iptables -L, see 
output of iptables -L, -L -t nat that are send as an attachement

An extra information:
if I nsllokup my ip adress I get name= as17-3-2-ld.bonet.se
if I nslookup khemir.net I get my ip adress.

I don't know if this important but I wonder how it can be?

Type of help needed:
please pinpoint where I just was too ignorant to do things right.
Anything that is not clear enough? something else I should run and show the 
output of?

I am a basic user (2 weeks using linux) so anything you want me to do should 
be clearly explained (and hopefully other will profit of your explainations)


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Problem 2:
************
Logging of the errors found by the FW rules are logged on the console!!!

a/ I don't get why it's logged to my console

the rule matched is:  $IPTABLES -A bad_tcp_packets -p tcp ! --syn -m state 
--state NEW -j LOG  --log-prefix "New not syn:". 

here is the error (one of them):

New not syn: IN=eth0 OUT=eth1 SRC=192.168.1.3 DST= 64.176.251.148 LEN=52 
TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=63 ID=63862 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=32797 DPT=80 WINDOW=6432 
RES=0x00 ACK FIN URGP=0

Now where is this comming from ??
OK local machine, bu who generates it

I know where it is going to, whois 64.176.251.148:
n/a
   po box 3061
   florence, Oregon 97439
   US

   Domain Name: KJKPRODUCTIONS.ORG

   Administrative Contact:
        kacey donston kadk@starband.net
        na
        po box 3061
        florence, OR 97439
        US
        Phone: 5419978141
        Fax:
   Technical Contact:
        Tech Support support@linuxwebhost.com
        Linuxwebhost.com
        10 E. Baltimore St.
        Baltimore, Md 21202
        US
        Phone: 410.234.3300
        Fax:

I can't figure why this is happenig and why it logged on the console.

I could DROP these packages instead of logging them when they are generated in 
the lan but still it is frustrating to know these error are generated 
continuously (I'd guess by a programmer that sends to a closed socket) and 
why does my box try to connect to a host I know nothing about?

Note tha these error can also report other ports like 128.105.7.11, ....


Thanks a lot in advance.

Nadim (soon @khemir.net ;-)











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Chain INPUT (policy DROP)
target     prot opt source               destination         
bad_tcp_packets  tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere           
ACCEPT     all  --  192.168.1.0/24       anywhere           
ACCEPT     all  --  fw_local             anywhere           
ACCEPT     all  --  192.168.1.1          anywhere           
ACCEPT     all  --  as17-3-2.ld.bonet.se  anywhere           
ACCEPT     all  --  anywhere             192.168.1.255      
ACCEPT     all  --  anywhere             as17-3-2.ld.bonet.sestate RELATED,ESTABLISHED 
tcp_packets  tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere           
udpincoming_packets  udp  --  anywhere             anywhere           
icmp_packets  icmp --  anywhere             anywhere           
LOG        all  --  anywhere             anywhere           limit: avg 3/min burst 3 LOG level debug prefix `IPT INPUT packet died: ' 

Chain FORWARD (policy DROP)
target     prot opt source               destination         
bad_tcp_packets  tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere           
ACCEPT     all  --  anywhere             anywhere           
ACCEPT     all  --  anywhere             anywhere           state RELATED,ESTABLISHED 
LOG        all  --  anywhere             anywhere           limit: avg 3/min burst 3 LOG level debug prefix `IPT FORWARD packet died: ' 

Chain OUTPUT (policy DROP)
target     prot opt source               destination         
bad_tcp_packets  tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere           
ACCEPT     all  --  fw_local             anywhere           
ACCEPT     all  --  192.168.1.1          anywhere           
ACCEPT     all  --  as17-3-2.ld.bonet.se  anywhere           
LOG        all  --  anywhere             anywhere           limit: avg 3/min burst 3 LOG level debug prefix `IPT OUTPUT packet died: ' 

Chain allowed (0 references)
target     prot opt source               destination         
ACCEPT     tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere           tcp flags:SYN,RST,ACK/SYN 
ACCEPT     tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere           state RELATED,ESTABLISHED 
DROP       tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere           

Chain bad_tcp_packets (3 references)
target     prot opt source               destination         
LOG        tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere           tcp flags:!SYN,RST,ACK/SYN state NEW LOG level warning prefix `New not syn:' 
DROP       tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere           tcp flags:!SYN,RST,ACK/SYN state NEW 

Chain icmp_packets (1 references)
target     prot opt source               destination         
ACCEPT     icmp --  anywhere             anywhere           icmp echo-request 
ACCEPT     icmp --  anywhere             anywhere           icmp time-exceeded 

Chain tcp_packets (1 references)
target     prot opt source               destination         
ACCEPT     tcp  --  anywhere             as17-3-2.ld.bonet.setcp dpt:smtp 

Chain udpincoming_packets (1 references)
target     prot opt source               destination         
Chain PREROUTING (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination         
DNAT       tcp  --  anywhere             as17-3-2.ld.bonet.setcp dpt:smtp to:192.168.1.3:25 

Chain POSTROUTING (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination         
SNAT       all  --  anywhere             anywhere           to:217.215.193.214 

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination         

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