[CentOS] This firewall rule will self-destruct
John Summerfield
debian at herakles.homelinux.org
Sun Mar 18 05:11:06 UTC 2007
Benjamin Smith wrote:
> Ok,
>
> I have a challenge - get two services working over a single port. (!) Sometimes it's a web service, sometimes it's a VNC service. Here's what I had in mind:
Let's step back; what problem are you trying to solve? It seems to me
this odd requirement might not be the best solution.
>
> 1) Server is normally a webserver listening on port 80, and normally has the following rules active:
> # iptables -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
> # iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -j MASQUERADE
>
>
> 2) Server hosts a special PHP script, that when called correctly, sets rules like
>
> # iptables -I PREROUTING -p tcp -s $REMOTE --dport 80 -j DNAT --to-destination $FWIP:$FWPORT
> # iptables -I FORWARD -p tcp -s $REMOTE --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
>
> The *next* tcp connection from their computer to the webserver will get NAT'd to service $FWIP:$FWPORT.
>
> But I want this rule cleared out as soon as the connection is made with the latter altered rules. Is there a way to write a rule or set of rules that, when activated, then delete themselves? The "ESTABLISHED,RELATED" rule should keep the connection alive even after the latter rules are killed, right?
>
> Is this possible? Am I just out in left field?
>
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John
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