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Re: [PATCH 1/2] ipvs: ip_vs_ftp depends on nf_conntrack_ftp helper

To: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ipvs: ip_vs_ftp depends on nf_conntrack_ftp helper
Cc: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, lvs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Wensong Zhang <wensong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Hans Schillstrom <hans.schillstrom@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@xxxxxxxxxx>
From: Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:43:22 +0300 (EEST)
        Hello,

On Thu, 12 Jul 2012, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 09:25:26AM +0900, Simon Horman wrote:
> > From: Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>
> > 
> >     The FTP application indirectly depends on the
> > nf_conntrack_ftp helper for proper NAT support. If the
> > module is not loaded, IPVS can resize the packets for the
> > command connection, eg. PASV response but the SEQ adjustment
> > logic in ipv4_confirm is not called without helper.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  net/netfilter/ipvs/Kconfig | 3 ++-
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/Kconfig b/net/netfilter/ipvs/Kconfig
> > index f987138..8b2cffd 100644
> > --- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/Kconfig
> > +++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/Kconfig
> > @@ -250,7 +250,8 @@ comment 'IPVS application helper'
> >  
> >  config     IP_VS_FTP
> >     tristate "FTP protocol helper"
> > -        depends on IP_VS_PROTO_TCP && NF_CONNTRACK && NF_NAT
> > +   depends on IP_VS_PROTO_TCP && NF_CONNTRACK && NF_NAT && \
> > +           NF_CONNTRACK_FTP
> 
> If you require FTP NAT support, then this depends on NF_NAT_FTP
> instead of NF_CONNTRACK_FTP.

        No, I just checked again, it works without nf_nat_ftp,
only nf_nat, nf_conntrack_ftp and iptable_nat are needed.
We use packet mangling part from nf_nat (nf_nat_mangle_tcp_packet).

Regards

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Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>
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