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Re: Problems with DIP and VIP on different subnets

To: Matthew Crocker <matthew@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "lvs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <lvs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Problems with DIP and VIP on different subnets
From: Joseph Mack <mack.joseph@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 08:08:57 -0400
Matthew Crocker wrote:

> > the last one means "all packets sent to table 100
> > from 0/0 go to dev lo"?
> 
> I think it means default route for table 100 is dev lo and treat
> packets as local

I wonder if these two statements are equivalent
 
> Honestly I didn't write this part.  I got help from someone on the list
> 6 months ago.  

Ah yes, the posting of 22May which I didn't really understand and which
I printed out and have sitting on my desk here so I could ask about it 
when I got time.

> I haven't used transparent proxy,  What does it do?

you use a filter rule with "-j REDIRECT" and all the tagged packets
are accepted locally.

> I'll need to tag all unkown/unwanted packets with a firewall mark.
> 
> iptables -A PREROUTING -s 0/0 -d <SIP>/255.255.255.0 -i eth0 -j MARK
> --set-mark 0x99
> 
> Setup a route table with a default route of my blackhole box
> 
> ip route add 0/0 via <blackhole_box_ip> dev eth1 table 999
> 
> Have all packets with the fwmark use the new table
> 
> ip rule add prio 100 fwmark 99 table 999
> 
> blackhole box is just a linux box with default route to loopback
> running SNORT.  

the job of the blackhole box is to list to packets sent via table 999?

> It will also be running BGP/OSPF with my route servers
> announcing 0/0 

I'm out of my depth here. 

What does "route servers announcing 0/0" mean?

Why is your blackhole box running BGP/OSPF?

> so it will eat any reply packets from bogus netblocks
> (spammers, worms, etc.).  

If the previous two questions don't make this obvious, please
explain this.

> My border routers do not have a default
> route. If it isn't in the BGP table it gets sent to SNORT for
> logging/analysis.

OK, all routes are explicit.  Anything not explicitely handled
gets sent to snort.


Thanks
Joe
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