Bug 426720 - Masquerading doesn't allow packets to be forwarded by default
Summary: Masquerading doesn't allow packets to be forwarded by default
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: system-config-firewall
Version: 8
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Thomas Woerner
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-12-24 23:10 UTC by Charles R. Anderson
Modified: 2008-08-02 23:40 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: 1.0.12-4.fc8
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2008-02-13 04:57:47 UTC
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Description Charles R. Anderson 2007-12-24 23:10:30 UTC 
Description of problem:

s-c-firewall has this nice Masquerading section in it which creates the NAT
rules in the PREROUTING and POSTROUTING chains, and it even helpfully turns on
IPv4 Forwarding for you.  Unfortunately, it doesn't remove the default iptables
rule that blocks all traffic in the FORWARD chain.  This kinda makes the whole
"easy to configure masquerading" functionality pointless.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
1.0.12-3.1.fc8

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Enable the checkbox on an interface in the Masquerading section.
2. Apply.
3. Note that no packets are allowed to be forwarded.
  
Actual results:
-A FORWARD -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited

Expected results:
Remove the FORWARD rule that REJECTs all packets.
Comment 1 Thomas Woerner 2008-02-11 11:25:25 UTC 
Please have a look at system-config-firewall-1.0.12-4.fc8 in F-8 testing.
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2008-02-13 04:57:43 UTC 
system-config-firewall-1.0.12-4.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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