how do i forward ftp from my firewall to an internal server?

[Gustav Petersson]

I cleaned up my script a bit as you suggested but with the same result. 
I should mention that outbound ftp works just fine.

Here is the revised script:
#!/bin/sh
                                                                              

EXTIF=eth0
INTIF=eth1
EXTIP=213.88.181.68
INTIP=192.168.150.3
LOCALNET=192.168.150.0
FTPSVR=192.168.150.10
HTTPSVR=192.168.150.10

# Enable IP forwarding
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

# Load modules
modprobe ip_conntrack_ftp
modprobe ip_nat_ftp

# Set default policies and flush tables
iptables -t nat -F
iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT
iptables -F INPUT
iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT
iptables -F OUTPUT
iptables -P FORWARD ACCEPT
iptables -F FORWARD

# Masquerade on $EXTIF
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o $EXTIF -s $LOCALNET/24 -d ! 
$LOCALNET/24 \         # here I have tried both with and without the -d 
! $LOCALNET/24
        -j SNAT --to $EXTIP

# Forward ftp traffic to internal server
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -d $EXTIP -p TCP --dport 21 \
        -j DNAT --to $FTPSVR:21

# Forward http traffic to internal server
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -d $EXTIP -p TCP --dport 80 \
        -j DNAT --to $HTTPSVR:80

Mark E. Donaldson wrote:

>Yes - I see what you are saying now.  And indeed, if your FORWARD policy is
>set to ACCEPT, your packets should be properly DNATTED with the rules you
>list. And you are correct, the FTPD application in use would not be a factor
>at all here. You also seem to have all the needed modules you need loaded as
>well.  So, how do we fix this?
>
>First a question on your SNAT rule: iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0
>-j SNAT --to 213.88.181.68
>
>Is 213.88.181.68 the external IP?  If so, is it the same as the variable
>$EXP_IP is set to, and if so why not use $EXP_IP instead?  I would also add
>a -s address or network to the rule to assure only the packets you want
>SNATTED are SNATTED.  I doubt if this is causing your problem, but these
>things need to get cleaned up to help troubleshoot the problem.
>
>Next - run an lsmod after your ruleset is loaded to confirm all the needed
>modules have loaded.
>
>Also - I notice you are flushing your NAT table after you have set your
>default policies: iptables -t nat -F.  I would move this up and flush before
>the policies are set.
>
>Try all this and we shall go from there.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gustav Petersson [mailto:gustav.petersson@karlskrona.net] 
>Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 11:15 AM
>To: markee@bandwidthco.com
>Cc: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
>Subject: Re: how do i forward ftp from my firewall to an internal server?
>
>Thanks for your reply Mark.
>I should have explained better. I know that ftp uses two ports with a
>different setup for active and passive mode. That is not the problem. 
>Right now I am only DNATing the control port and my INPUT,OUTPUT and FORWARD
>chains have a default policy of ACCEPT. The rules I posted are the _only_
>rules I have for my firewall. The problem is that when I telnet to my $EXTIP
>port 21 I should get a welcome message and be able to send some commands but
>from logging all traffic to and from my internal ftp server I can see the
>following traffic:
>Client->FTP: SYN
>FTP->Client: SYN ACK
>Client->FTP: ACK
>FTP->Client: ACK PSH
>FTP->Client: ACK PSH
>FTP->Client: ACK PSH
>FTP->Client: ACK PSH
>Client->FTP: RST
>
>after this short exchange the connection is terminated. If i telnet to
>$EXTIP port 80 and do a 'GET /' everything works fine. I have tried proftpd,
>in.ftpd, wu-ftpd and they all give the same result so it's not a problem
>with the ftp server software.
>
>Gustav Petersson
>
>Mark E. Donaldson wrote:
>
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>>The FTP protocol works completely differently than http, particularly 
>>in the way connections are negotiated and accepted.  You must also 
>>account for both active and passive modes. I'm assuming the rules you 
>>have here are for new connections to your FTP server?  What are your 
>>FTP rules for the FORWARD chain?
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org
>>[mailto:netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org] On Behalf Of Gustav 
>>Petersson
>>Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 12:28 AM
>>To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
>>Subject: how do i forward ftp from my firewall to an internal server?
>>
>>Like the subject line says.. how do I do it?
>>
>>I have port http traffic forwarded to the same server but when i use 
>>the same rule with only the port(s) changed for ftp traffic my ftp 
>>server opens the connection but immediately closes it again. I have 
>>tried running both the standard in.ftpd and proftpd. Any help would be
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>greatly appreciated.
>  
>
>>Gustav Petersson
>>
>>I am running debian 3.0 with kernel 2.4.24 and I have the following 
>>modules
>>loaded:
>>
>>ipt_LOG
>>ipt_state
>>iptable_filter
>>ip_nat_ftp
>>ip_conntrack_ftp
>>iptable_nat
>>ip_conntrack
>>ip_tables
>>
>>Here is my firewall config:
>>#!/bin/sh
>>
>>EXT_IP=1.2.3.4
>>INT_IP=192.168.x.x
>>
>>modprobe iptable_nat
>>modprobe ip_conntrack_ftp
>>modprobe ip_nat_ftp
>>
>>echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
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>>iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT
>>iptables -F INPUT
>>iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT
>>iptables -F OUTPUT
>>iptables -P FORWARD ACCEPT
>>iptables -F FORWARD
>>iptables -t nat -F
>>
>># NAT
>>iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j SNAT --to 213.88.181.68
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>>
>># Forward port 80 to internal server
>>iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp -d $EXT_IP --dport 80 \
>>       -j DNAT --to $INT_IP:80
>>
>># Forward ports 20 and 21 to internal server iptables -A PREROUTING -t 
>>nat -p tcp -d $EXT_IP --dport 20 \
>>       -j DNAT --to $INT_IP:20
>>
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>>
>>iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp -d $EXT_IP --dport 21 \
>>       -j DNAT --to $INT_IP:21
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