From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Stefanos Harhalakis <v13@it.teithe.gr>
Subject: nat/conntrack module names
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 23:54:55 +0300
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 In short....

I believe that the modules named ip_nat_* (like ip_nat_ftp) should be named=
=20
ip_conntrack_* (ip_conntrack_ftp). "nat" is not correct because they are us=
ed=20
in cases where nat is not performed.=20

=46or example, firewalls that want to allow ftp sessions will load the=20
ip_nat_ftp module no matter if they are doing nat or not... Since this has =
to=20
do with connection tracking their name should contain 'conntrack' instead o=
f=20
'nat'.

Sorry if this is a known issue...

TIA

<<V13>>

p.s. Please CC any reply to me too since I'm not subscribed to the list...

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