NAT question

Can iptables do a network to network nat without having to write out a 
bunch of nat rules.
In other words translate  192.168.198.0/24 to 172.16.10.0/24 without 
having to write out
256 rules.

Also can iptables handle 1000 nat rules like above if they have to be 
written out on
a 1.66ghz intel dual core atom with 1gb of mem.

I know this isn't appropriate question for devel list but I didn't find 
anything googling.

Thanks,

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On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Stephen Clark [off-list ref] wrote:

Can iptables do a network to network nat without having to write out a bunch
of nat rules.
In other words translate  192.168.198.0/24 to 172.16.10.0/24 without having
to write out
256 rules.

Maybe the NETMAP target is the right thing for you.

-- 
Thanks,
//richard

Le mercredi 25 janvier 2012 à 10:54 -0500, Stephen Clark a écrit :

Can iptables do a network to network nat without having to write out a 
bunch of nat rules.
In other words translate  192.168.198.0/24 to 172.16.10.0/24 without 
having to write out
256 rules.

Also can iptables handle 1000 nat rules like above if they have to be 
written out on
a 1.66ghz intel dual core atom with 1gb of mem.

I know this isn't appropriate question for devel list but I didn't find 
anything googling.

Thanks,

If you are forced to use 256 rules, you could split them into 16 tables
of 16 rules and do a hash split.

Since these rules are run only for new connections, it might be OK
performance wise, depending on rate of connection establishment.

If not, you can try NETMAP :)

# iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.198.0/24 -j NETMAP --to 172.16.10.0/24

# iptables -t nat -nvL POSTROUTING
Chain POSTROUTING (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
 pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination         
    0     0 NETMAP     all  --  *      *       192.168.198.0/24     0.0.0.0/0           172.16.10.0/24

On 01/25/2012 11:52 AM, Eric Dumazet wrote:

Le mercredi 25 janvier 2012 à 10:54 -0500, Stephen Clark a écrit :
   

quoted

Can iptables do a network to network nat without having to write out a
bunch of nat rules.
In other words translate  192.168.198.0/24 to 172.16.10.0/24 without
having to write out
256 rules.

Also can iptables handle 1000 nat rules like above if they have to be
written out on
a 1.66ghz intel dual core atom with 1gb of mem.

I know this isn't appropriate question for devel list but I didn't find
anything googling.

Thanks,

     

If you are forced to use 256 rules, you could split them into 16 tables
of 16 rules and do a hash split.

Since these rules are run only for new connections, it might be OK
performance wise, depending on rate of connection establishment.

If not, you can try NETMAP :)

# iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.198.0/24 -j NETMAP --to 172.16.10.0/24

# iptables -t nat -nvL POSTROUTING
Chain POSTROUTING (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
  pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination
     0     0 NETMAP     all  --  *      *       192.168.198.0/24     0.0.0.0/0           172.16.10.0/24

   

Thanks Eric,

I assume I need an additional rule like this to translate in the other 
direction?
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 172.16.10.0/24 -j NETMAP --to 
198.168.198.0/24

iptables -t nat -nvL POSTROUTING
Chain POSTROUTING (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
  pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               
destination

    15  2535 NETMAP     all  --  *      *       192.168.198.0/24     
0.0.0.0/0           172.16.10.0/24
     0     0 NETMAP     all  --  *      *       172.16.10.0/24       
0.0.0.0/0           198.168.198.0/24


Also now that I am clued to NETMAP I found this example:
iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -s 192.168.1.0/24 -j NETMAP --to 
10.5.6.0/24

using mangle and PREROUTING - does it matter?

"They that give up essential liberty to obtain temporary safety,
deserve neither liberty nor safety."  (Ben Franklin)

"The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty
decreases."  (Thomas Jefferson)