RE: RDR question

Thanks. I don't have it currently setup and was looking at this for a
solution, only workable if stream for redir is new. I was hoping
someone would be able to tell me before I had to do the setup / monitor
what it did.

Anyway, thanks.

--Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Clark [mailto:sclark@netwolves.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 4:15 AM
> To: French, David
> Cc: ipfilter@coombs.anu.edu.au
> Subject: Re: RDR question
>
> French, David wrote:
> > Can anyone tell me if RDR works were it initiates a new connection
for
> > the redirected traffic? That is, I have
> >
> >
> >
> > rdr e1000g0 0.0.0.0/0 port 5000 -> 192.168.11.12 port
5000
> >
> >
> >
> > Does the traffic in on e1000g0 to port 5000 start a new connection
from
> > the ipfilter host to 192.168.11.12 port 5000? Or does it just
modify
> > the packet in some way (header re-write)? I really need to know if
a
> > new connection is created from the ipfilter host with new seq
numbers.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --Dave
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Hi Dave,
>
> Pretty sure it just rewrites the destination address. If u have access
> to tcpdump u can verify easily by
> dumping the traffic going out to the redirected address.
>
> HTH,
> Steve