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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: Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>, lvs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Wensong Zhang <wensong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Hans Schillstrom <hans.schillstrom@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@xxxxxxxxxx>
From: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:11:26 +0900
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 07:39:06PM +0200, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 03:48:18PM +0900, Simon Horman wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 10:43:22PM +0300, Julian Anastasov wrote:
> > > 
> > >   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).
> > 
> > Is there a consensus on this?
> 
> Fine with me, just wanted to make sure this what you wanted. Thanks
> Simon.

Thanks. I'll include this in a pull request after rebasing ipvs-next.
I plan to do that today.

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