Re: port forwarding issues
Peter A. Felvegi <felvegip@drmatrixbank.hu> wrote:
> i'm about to set up port forwarding on a firewall to be able to reach
> some hosts on the lan from the outside. i wish to use iptables prerouting
> rules. my question is, is there a way to detect the port forwarding,
> and/or get info about the host i forward to (ip address mainly) ? i mean:
> is an outsider able to do this? supposing that the service i reach is
> free of bugs. as of my understanding of prerouting, this is not likely.
You are right. If the host the connection is forwarded to does not tell
the client its IP real address, the client will never get to know it.
Paul
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