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From: Antony Stone <Antony@Soft-Solutions.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Send local traffic to a different server.
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 09:46:22 +0100
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On Wednesday 23 June 2004 4:26 pm, Aldo Lagana wrote:

> am i wrong or can you not send traffic to another server simply with
> netfilter/iptables rules?  Does not that require iproute2?  In other words
> don't all of the rules assume that the NAT addresses are bound to local
> interfaces?

No, you can use any address you like in nat rules (both SNAT and DNAT).

Whether or not it makes sense is another matter (eg: do the packets get routed 
back through the machine and get reverse-natted?), however netfilter will 
allow you to specify whatever you like.

Regards,

Antony.

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