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Re: [PATCH] Runtime interception method switch

To: Joseph Mack NA3T <jmack@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Runtime interception method switch
Cc: LVS Devel <lvs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:25:53 +0900
On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 01:42:00AM -0800, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Raphael Vallazza wrote:
>
>> I think this has nothing to with the input method,
>
> I'd assumed that it would be fixed by hooking the FORWARD chain because 
> then the packets wouldn't bypass netfilter.
>
>> it's more a problem of the *xmit* function. Packets for realservers 
>> don't seem to flow through the SNAT chain, this way it's not possible 
>> to change the source IP.
>
> OK
>
>> This could probably be implemented either by letting the packets flow 
>> through the iptables/SNAT (it seems that the patch on  
>> http://www.austintek.com/LVS/LVS-HOWTO/HOWTO/LVS-HOWTO.non-modified_realservers.html
>>  
>> does this),
>
> can this be put into the standard ipvs?

In principle yes, though I am a bit wary about what
side-effects it might have.

>> or to implement SNAT in the IPVS/NAT method.
>
> can you do either of these?

-- 
Horms

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